Texas LNG, one of several LNG export projects being developed on the Gulf Coast near the port of Brownsville, said it was one of the ventures provided with anticipated dates for issuance of an environmental impact statement and a final regulatory deadline under the new speeded-up process.
Chevron Corp., the US major and leading LNG plant operator, was granted a motion to dismiss a global-warming lawsuit filed against it by the City of New York because it is the responsibility of Congress and the executive branch of government to oversee greenhouse-gas emissions rather than individual companies.
Venture Global, the owner of the US Calcasieu LNG export project, has received its draft Environmental Impact Statement from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, allowing the venture to move forward.
British Columbia supports LNG export projects as a "once in a generation" opportunity, according to Rose Klukas, Kitimat's economic development officer; but the clock is ticking as falling gas prices in Asia could close that window of opportunity.