Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Environmental Groups Seek Rehearing of Commonwealth LNG Authorization

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  • Question cumulative impacts to burdened communities
  • Cite FERC chair to assert lack of ‘coherent’ approach

Environmental groups are seeking a rehearing of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s recent authorization of the Commonwealth LNG project, accusing the agency of an “ostrich-like” approach to gas projects that “falsely claims” powerlessness to evaluate environmental effects, reports Platts.

A sufficient framework for consideration

The litigation continues...

https://mfame.guru/environmental-groups-seek-rehearing-of-commonwealth-lng-authorization/

Four LNG export projects approved

The tanker Adam LNG carried some of the first export gas from the Dominion Energy Cove Point terminal in Maryland. ShipSpotting.com/Hannes van Rijn

Last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved four liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects and related facilities to export natural gas.

Thursday’s action on three projects to be located along the Brownsville Ship Channel in Brownsville, Texas, and a fourth project that would expand a currently operating facility near Corpus Christi, Texas, marks a significant addition to the number of LNG export facilities approved by FERC this year. These come in the wake of the commission’s...

https://www.workboat.com/news/bluewater/four-lng-export-projects-approved/

FERC authorizes Louisiana LNG export project and associated pipeline

Maran Gas Apollonia, the first LNG carrier to transit the Panama Canal’s expanded locks, in the Agua Clara locks on July 25, 2016. Panama Canal Authority photo.

Venture Global LNG Inc. announced last week that the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued the order granting authorizations under Sections 3 and 7 of the Natural Gas Act for the company’s Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility and associated TransCameron Pipeline in Cameron Parish, La.

The U.S. Department of Energy supports FERC’s agreement to provide a path forward for consideration of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals that are pending before FERC. FERC...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/ferc-authorizes-louisiana-lng-export-project/