Trade

Magnolia LNG LLC, a unit of Australia’s Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd., (LNG Ltd.) on Tuesday applied to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export up to 4 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of liquefied U.S. natural gas to U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) countries, the company said.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has authorized a unit of Cambridge Energy Holding LLC to export domestically sourced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to free trade agreement (FTA) parties from a proposed Louisiana terminal under multiple contracts.

The election may have left the balance of power in Washington basically unchanged, but the lame duck Congress, which convened this week, may turn out to be not so lame, and the outlook for natural gas interests on Capitol Hill is good, according to Regina Hopper, CEO of America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA).

With or without federal approval for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to nonfree trade agreement (FTA) nations, Sempra Energy is moving ahead with permit applications and engineering plans at its existing Cameron, LA, LNG import facility, Sempra executives said Tuesday. At the same time, the Sempra execs reiterated that the company is leaving the merchant power space.

With or without a still-pending federal approval for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to non-free trade agreement (FTA) nations, Sempra Energy is moving ahead with permit applications and engineering plans at its existing Cameron, LA, LNG import facility, Sempra executives said Tuesday.

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden has sent a letter to the Department of Energy (DOE) to “understand the criteria” used to determinate whether liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to a non-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries “are in the public interest.”

Waller LNG Services LLC has applied to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for authorization to export liquefied U.S. gas to free trade agreement (FTA) countries from its Waller Point LNG terminal, now under development at the entrance of the Calcasieu Ship Channel in Cameron Parish, LA.

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell is on a trade mission to talk up exports of liquefied Alaskan gas to Asian markets. Parnell is slated to meet with Japanese and South Korean officials and business leaders over the coming days. The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry arranged a meeting of Parnell and executives from companies such as Samsung C&T, STX Energy, Daesung Industrial Co. Ltd., Korea Midland Power Co., GS Global Co., LG International Corp., Hyundai Heavy Industries and Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd. Parnell recently met with the CEO of Kogas to discuss Alaska’s role as an LNG exporter and the state’s desire to boost exports with an in-state gas pipeline. Alaska’s major oil and gas producers and TC-Alaska are working with the Alaska Pipeline Project on the commercialization of North Slope gas with a specific focus on a large-scale liquefied natural gas project in Southcentral Alaska (see Daily GPI, July 31).

Political and regulatory indicators point to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) giving the green light to pending applications to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to non-free trade agreement (FTA) nations by no later than early next year, according to Sempra Energy CEO Debra Reed.