LNG

TC Energy and Pembina Pipeline, the North American energy infrastructure and LNG project companies, have entered into a carbon-sequestration evaluation agreement with the Canadian provincial government of Alberta to further evaluate one of the largest areas of interest for safely storing carbon from industrial emissions.

Pembina Pipeline Corp., joint developer of the Cedar LNG project in British Columbia and the rejected Jordan Cove in the northwest US state of Oregon, has contacted shareholders for a special virtual-only meeting to be held on July 29 on the proposed strategic combination with smaller peer Inter Pipeline Ltd.

The US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette has issued a final long-term order authorizing the export of domestically produced liquefied natural gas from the proposed Jordan Cove LNG Terminal at Coos Bay in the northwest state of Oregon.

The export permit, which had previously been conditional, follows the approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced March 2020 for the siting, construction, and operation of the Jordan Cove liquefaction plant and the related Pacific Connector Pipeline.

“The export authorization for Jordan Cove, the first US West Coast LNG project, will ease access to further position the US as a top supplier of LNG around the world,” said Secretary Brouillette.

“The issuance to Jordan Cove serves to further expand opportunities for US 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,” stated Brouillette.

The development company, the Jordan Cove Energy Project is owned by Canada’s Pembina Pipeline Corp. and it now has the authority to export up to 1.08 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas as LNG.

The DoE statement said the project’s natural gas will be sourced from both Canada and the United States and would be liquefied at the Jordan Cove facility for export to any nation worldwide, unless trade is prohibited by US law.

Calgary, Alberta-based Pembina acquired the Jordan Cove LNG project in late 2017 in its takeover of another Canadian company, Veresen Inc.

The project includes a 230-mile pipeline which would traverse four counties in Southern Oregon on the route to the liquefaction plant.

The liquefaction plant and other facilities are planned for a 200-acre site and comprise five small-scale Trains each with 1.5 million tonnes per annum of output for a total of 7.8 MTPA.

“As we work to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic, LNG exports are going to be one of the building blocks toward the United States’ economic recovery,” said DOE’s Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg.

“The US has exported LNG to 38 countries, with this authorization to Jordan Cove, the United States can look to increase that number with expanded geographic coverage for LNG exports into key importing markets in Asia, providing enhanced economic opportunities both here in the US and globally,” added Winberg.

Jordan Cove has multiple facilities, including two full-containment storage tanks with total capacity of 320,000 cubic metres, gas treating infrastructure, an export jetty and access to more than 25 billion cubic feet per day of gas supply from Western Canada and the US Rockies.

The project’s Pacific Connector pipeline will have a 36-inch diameter with capacity to transport up to 1.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day.

Feed-gas for Jordan Cove would be sourced at the Malin Hub, creating a new outlet for natural gas from areas such as the Rockies Basin.

The export plant is expected to be visited by about 120 LNG carriers per year and Pembina has signed preliminary accords with Jera Co. Inc. and Itochu Corp. of Japan for the supply of cargoes.

Feb 28 (LNGJ) - Pembina Pipeline Corp., the Canadian energy infrastructure company developing the US Jordan Cove LNG export plant in the northwest state of Oregon, said the regulatory processes were ongoing. “The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission delayed a decision originally expected on February 13, 2020,” said the Calgary-based company in its latest earnings. “Pembina looks forward to obtaining a final decision. Pembina is focused on getting all the remaining permits required to proceed with this project,” stated the company. 

   The liquefaction plant and other facilities are planned for a 200-acre site at Coos Bay and comprise five small-scale Trains each with 1.5 million tonnes per annum of output for a total of 7.8 MTPA. The Jordan Cove venture's other facilities would include two full-containment LNG storage tanks with total capacity of 320,000 cubic metres, gas treating facilities, an export jetty and access to more than 25 billion cubic feet per day of gas supply from Western Canada and the US Rockies.

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission plans a statement on February 20 on the application to build the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal at Coos Bay in the northwest state of Oregon.

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a draft environmental impact statement for the Jordan Cove LNG export project in the northwest state of Oregon and the regulator’s comments suggest serious reservations about the Canadian-led venture being able to meet the many required mitigation measures.

Pembina Pipeline Corp., the Canadian owner of the Jordan Cove LNG export project in the US northwest state of Oregon, has posted solid fourth-quarter earnings as it reported progress on the US liquefaction venture and expects a decision from regulators by year-end.

US congressmen from the western states of Colorado and Utah have voiced support for the Jordan Cove LNG export plant proposed for the northwest state of Oregon as an outlet to Asia for Rocky Mountain region natural gas and huge shale-gas resources from the Piceance Basin.

The US Coast Guard has completed its review with a positive report for regulators after conducting a waterway suitability assessment for the Canadian-led Jordan Cove LNG export plant proposed for Coos Bay in the northwest state of Oregon.

Pembina Pipeline Corp., the Canadian energy infrastructure company, said it was making more progress with a range of natural gas projects in North America, including the Jordan Cove LNG export plant and its affiliated Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline planned for the northwest US state of Oregon.