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Lake Charles Methanol LLC, which is overseeing construction of a petroleum coke and carbon capture facility in Louisiana, is not related to a previous project, as reported in the story, “Lake Charles Methanol Secures DOE Backing for World’s First Carbon Capture, Petcoke Facility.” Leucadia Energy LLC in 2014 canceled a project that was to be in the same location, and all programs related to it were terminated at that time. NGI regrets the error.

Lake Charles LNG Export Co. LLC and Lake Charles Exports LLC have applied to the U.S. Department of Energy for authorization to export from the planned Lake Charles LNG terminal in Louisiana up to 121 Bcf/year to countries with and without free trade agreements with the United States. The companies are currently authorized to export 730 Bcf/year from the terminal. The additional authorization sought is intended to align the total authorized export volume with the planned production capacity of the terminal as approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (see Daily GPI, Dec. 17, 2015).

Royal Dutch Shell plc’s second quarter profits plunged from a year ago to their lowest level in 11 years, slammed by lower commodity prices, weak refining margins and stumbling production. And the outlook for liquefied natural gas (LNG), considered a primary motivation to merge with BG Group plc, is so poor that the Lake Charles, LA export project has been tabled — the second North American project canned this month.

FERC staff released a favorable draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the proposed Lake Charles Liquefaction Project and associated pipeline that recommends mitigation measures in addition to those proposed by the project sponsors.

Canyon Midstream Partners LLC has signed separate gathering and processing agreements with Apache Corp. and XTO Energy Inc. for midstream services on its James Lake system in the Permian Basin, the company said Thursday.

Shale-driven natural gas liquids (NGL) supplies are pushing midstream companies to pursue additional capacity to export propane and/or butane from the Gulf Coast. Two new projects would offer combined loading capacity of 36,000 bbl per hour for export.

A Canadian energy entrepreneur on Thursday unveiled plans to build an underground transmission project linking natural gas and renewable energy resources in Ontario (ON) to Pennsylvania.

Salt Lake City, UT-based Savage, a supply chain solutions company, on Tuesday introduced bulk material handling and rail transloading services at the Ohio Commerce Center (OCC) in Lordstown, OH.

Located three counties due north of the wet gas window of the Marcellus Shale, and over a state line from expanding development in the Utica Shale, Mercer County, PA, nevertheless appears poised to benefit from development of both plays in the near future.