U.S. Senators Support Increased LNG Exports
Senator David Vitter (R-LA), Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and Senators Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and freshman Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) sent letters to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chu urging DOE to...
View ArticleJapanese Companies File Comments at DOE in Support of U.S. LNG Exports to...
The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan and Japanese utilities Osaka Gas and Chubu Electric filed comments at the U.S. Department of Energy in support of U.S. LNG exports to countries...
View ArticleNew Mexico’s Governor Files Comments Supporting LNG Exports
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chu in support of LNG exports and, citing employment, investment and balance of trade benefits, urged DOE to...
View ArticleDOE Denies Sierra Club’s Rehearing and Stay Request re Sabine Pass LNG Export...
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued an order denying Sierra Club’s request for rehearing and stay of DOE’s Final Opinion and Order, which granted Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC’s...
View ArticleSome Experts Say U.S. Limits on LNG Exports Would Violate WTO Rules
According to sources cited in a Reuters article, U.S. government restrictions on LNG exports would be hypocritical and would violate World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.
View ArticleJoining TPP Could Ease Japan’s Access to U.S. LNG Supplies
An article in The Japan Times states that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe favors Japan entering into Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations with the United States. The Trans-Pacific...
View ArticleAltaGas’s Proposed Floating Liquefaction Facility Facing C$100 Million...
AltaGas Ltd., one of the sponsors of the proposed Douglas Channel LNG export terminal at Kitimat, British Columbia, is delaying a final investment decision on the project pending the outcome of an...
View ArticleAltaGas’s Proposed Floating Liquefaction Facility Facing C$100 Million...
AltaGas Ltd., one of the sponsors of the proposed Douglas Channel LNG export terminal at Kitimat, British Columbia, is delaying a final investment decision on the project pending the outcome of an...
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