Liquefied

The export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States would appear to have significant backing from American voters, according to the results of a new American Petroleum Institute (API) poll conducted by Harris Interactive.

The backers of two proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export-import projects in Oregon said their plans remain on track, putting them ahead of competition from proposed facilities on British Columbia’s (BC) west coast. Jordan Cove LNG may file for federal approval this week.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has conditionally authorized the export of up to 1.4 Bcf/d of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Freeport LNG Terminal on Quintana Island, TX, to non-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries for 20 years. It is the second such approval the department has granted, and numerous other projects are in line to see if/when they will secure the same.

Plans to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) — including the long lineup of terminals proposed for the northern Pacific Coast of British Columbia (BC) — are moving too slowly to cut the North American supply glut for at least three years, according to the National Energy Board (NEB).

A company based in India is mulling a $3 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction and export terminal in the Strait of Canso in Nova Scotia, Canada’s CBC News reported. “We’re looking at a long term…facility to liquefy natural gas. We’re looking to put out a capacity of a billion and a half cubic feet a day at its final stage, said Darshan Hiranandani, managing director for H-Energy, as reported by CBC. He said the facility could be similar in scale to the Canaport LNG facility in New Brunswick. Construction could be completed by 2020 at the earliest, he said. The proposal is the second for an LNG facility in Nova Scotia. Last fall, Pieridae Energy Canada announced a project whose target markets would be in Europe and India (see Daily GPI, Oct. 29, 2012).

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) last week conditionally authorized the export of up to 1.4 Bcf/d of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Freeport LNG Terminal on Quintana Island, TX, to non-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries for 20 years. It is the second such approval the department has granted, and numerous other projects are in line to see if/when they will secure the same.

Plans to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) — including the long lineup of terminals proposed for the northern Pacific Coast of British Columbia (BC) — are moving too slowly to cut the North American supply glut for at least three years, according to the National Energy Board (NEB).

A cold beginning to spring that resulted in a tepid start to the natural gas storage refill season has analysts at the Energy Information Administration (EIA) once again revising their natural gas price forecasts upward for the rest of 2013 and 2014. The government agency added that strong onshore production growth will offset Gulf of Mexico declines in both years.

Both Shell NA LNG LLC and BP Energy Co. have protested Dominion Cove Point’s (DCP) request to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities at its import terminal in Lusby, MD, citing concerns that it could degrade services to DCP’s existing import customers and that the company was showing unduly preferential treatment to certain customers.