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U.S. Department of Energy Issues LNG Export Approval to Jordan Cove
Jul 06, 2020
U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced today the issuance of a final long-term order authorizing the export of U.S. produced LNG from the proposed Jordan Cove LNG Terminal in Coos Bay, Oregon. The Jordan Cove Energy Project is owned by Canada’s Pembina Pipeline Corporation. In 2014, the Department of Energy conditionally approved exports from the proposed export terminal. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorized the siting, construction, and operation of the Jordan Cove LNG Terminal and the related Pacific Connector Pipeline in March of this year.
Under the order issued today the project will have the authority to export up to 1.08 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas as LNG. The project’s natural gas will be sourced from both Canada and the United States and will be liquefied at the Jordan Cove LNG Terminal. The LNG can be exported by vessel to any country with which the United States does not have a free trade agreement and with which trade is not prohibited by U.S. law.
“Today’s export authorization for Jordan Cove, the first U.S West Coast LNG project, will ease access to further position the U.S. as a top supplier of LNG around the world,” said Secretary Brouillette. “Today’s issuance to Jordan Cove serves to further expand opportunities for U.S. LNG abroad, particularly in the growing markets of Asia, and encapsulates what the Trump Administration has been working hard on for the past three years – providing reliable, affordable, and cleaner-burning natural gas to our allies around the world.”
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