LNG

Cheniere Energy has settled with US energy infrastructure regulators the terms and conditions under which it is allowed to bring back into service two LNG storage tanks temporarily shut at the Sabine Pass export plant in Louisiana.

April 17 (LNGJ) - The US Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy, one of the main regulatory bodies for the LNG industry, has appointed Shawn Bennett as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oil and Natural Gas. “Bennett will administer oil and gas programs, including research and development, analysis and natural gas regulation,” said a DoE statement. Bennett has more than a decade of experience in public affairs and government relations in the coal and the oil and gas industries. “Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President for the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, a non-profit trade association that is dedicated to representing Ohio oil and gas producers,” added the DoE. Bennett holds a bachelor of science from Ohio University.

June 22 (LNGJ) - US oil and natural gas industry trade associations and lobbying groups called on US Senate leaders to schedule votes soon on the nominations of Neil Chatterjee and Robert Powelson to be Federal Energy Regulatory Commission board members. The requests came two weeks after the Energy and Natural Resources Committee forwarded the nominations to the full Senate for final approval to restore the FERC’s quorum to be able to decide on major LNG and energy projects.