Applications Received by the U.S. Department of Energy to Export Domestically Produced LNG

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Published on Wednesday, 05 September 2012 11:38

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Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC a Kinder Morgan, GE Company applied to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to engage in exports up to 11.5 million tons per annum of LNG produced from domestic sources to Non-Free Trade Agreement countries. 

Southern LNG Company, L.L.C. a Kinder Morgan company applied to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to engage in exports up to 4 million tons per annum of LNG produced from domestic sources to Non-Free Trade Agreement countries. 

(a) Actual applications were in the equivalent annual quantities.
(b) FTA – Applications to export to free trade agreement (FTA) countries. The Natural Gas Act, as amended, has deemed FTA exports to be in the public interest and applications shall be authorized without modification or delay.
(c) Non-FTA applications require DOE to post a notice of application in the Federal Register for comments, protests and motions to intervene, and to evaluate the application to make a public interest consistency determination.
(d) Requested approval of this quantity in both the FTA and non-FTA export applications. Total facility is limited to this quantity (i.e., FTA and non-FTA volumes are not additive at a facility).
(e) DOE/FE received a new application (11-161-LNG) by FLEX to export an additional 1.4 Bcf/d of LNG from new trains to be located at the Freeport LNG Terminal, to non-FTA countries, and a separate application (12-06-LNG) to export this same 1.4 Bcf/d of LNG to FTA countries (received January 12, 2012). This 1.4 Bcf/d is in addition to the 1.4 Bcf/d FLEX requested in dockets (10-160-LNG and 10-161-LNG).
(f) Carib Energy (USA) LLC requested authority to export the equivalent of 11.53 Bcf per year of natural gas to FTA countries and 3.44 Bcf per year to non-FTA countries.
(g) Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P. requested authority to export the equivalent of 1.2 Bcf/d of natural gas to FTA countries and 0.8 Bcf/d to non-FTA countries.
(h) DOE/FE received a new application (11-161-LNG) by FLEX to export an additional 1.4 Bcf/d of LNG from new trains to be located at the Freeport LNG Terminal, to non-FTA countries, and a separate application (12-06-LNG) to export this same 1.4 Bcf/d of LNG to FTA countries (received January 12, 2012). This 1.4 Bcf/d is in addition to the 1.4 Bcf/d FLEX requested in dockets (10-160-LNG and 10-161-LNG).
(i) An application was submitted by Gulf Coast on January 10, 2012, seeking one authorization to export LNG to any country not prohibited by U.S. law or policy.
(j) Cambridge Energy, LLC requested authority to export up to 2 million metric tons of LNG annually, equivalent to an average of 0.27 Bcf/d of natural gas to FTA countries in Central and South America, the Caribbean, and the Asia/Pacific region.