Permits

A panel of federal judges has decided to withdraw its decision around a Texas air permit for Sempra Infrastructure’s Port Arthur LNG export project southeast of Houston. In November, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated an air permit granted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). In that decision, the…

Mexico’s nascent LNG market could be impacted by the decision of U.S. authorities to pause export licenses as they review methodology and guidelines. The liquefied natural gas export projects planned in Mexico, which amount to as much as 6 Bcf/d, would use U.S. natural gas as feed stock. As such, they require U.S. Department of…

The U.S. oil and gas industry is urging policymakers to support LNG exports, permitting reform for energy infrastructure, and increased leasing in federal lands and waters. The sector’s most prominent lobbying group, the American Petroleum Institute (API), laid out its policy priorities during a recent industry event and subsequent call with reporters. As the industry…

Mexican energy trade group Consejo Mexicano de la Energia (Comener) has called on regulators to streamline permitting so as to not waste the near-term opportunities presented by nearshoring. Nearshoring is the buzzword of the moment in Mexico. It refers to North American companies shifting manufacturing processes closer to home. Boosted by the United-States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement, or USMCA,…

Permits to develop natural gas and oil in the Lower 48 slumped in August, with the biggest operating area, the Permian Basin, off by double-digits from July and 12% year-to-date.  “Permian permitting continues to slow,” down by 407 or 37% month/month (m/m), with year-to-date permits declining by 820, according to Evercore ISI analysts led by…

A federal circuit panel has ruled that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) did not break any laws when it approved Jonah Energy LLC’s natural gas drilling project in Wyoming on land that includes sage grouse populations as well as migration paths for pronghorns. “We conclude that BLM adequately collected and considered information on the…

Iroquois Gas Transmission LP’s natural gas compression upgrade project, designed to supply New York City with an additional 125 MMcf/d, may be delayed as it awaits required air permits from state agencies, according to Iroquois management.  Iroquois in 2020 filed applications for two Air State Facility permits with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation…

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow. Rapidan Energy Group’s Alex Munton, director of global gas service, joins NGI’s Senior LNG Editor Jamison Cocklin to discuss how U.S. regulators are stepping up efforts to more closely scrutinize liquefied natural gas export authorizations as global trading booms.  They analyze the…

Natural gas and oil permitting dipped sharply in April from a month earlier, with double-digit losses nearly across the board, according to Evercore ISI. The energy analysts at Evercore, led by James West, every month compile permit data from state and federal officials to determine the direction of U.S. drilling. Once an onshore permit is…