Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P.
I wonder if this wan't originally meant as an import facility?
Anyone know?
Posted on 03/24/2014 3:02:41 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
The Energy Department gave conditional approval on Monday to an Oregon-based facility to export liquefied natural gas, in a move hailed by the energy industry and congressional lawmakers who want the U.S. to step up gas exports to counter Russian influence.
"Given the situation in Ukraine, this license sends a positive signal to our allies and to energy markets that the United States is ready to join the growing global gas trade," Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said in a statement.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for weeks have been pressing the Obama administration to expedite permits for natural gas exports, claiming it would send a powerful message to European allies, and Russia, which last week annexed the Crimean Peninsula. Even if immediate changes might not do much to help Ukraine and other Eastern European nations in the short term, advocates argue they would send a message that Russia's energy grip on the region will eventually weaken.
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Not Alaska, Louisiana, or Texas???
Translation:
Your heating and Energy costs about to take an even bigger jump up in the near future. And expect even bigger shortages next winter.
No exports,....eh?
So now we need a pipeline to Oregon?
Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline route
The proposed Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline project (PCGP) will provide a link with existing pipeline systems that converge at Malin, Ore., and the west coast of Coos Bay, Ore. The PCGP project is being proposed to connect this natural gas supply hub, where energy is competitively traded on a daily basis, to a proposed LNG terminal. As it traverses southern Oregon, the PCGP route crosses or is located in the vicinity of existing natural gas infrastructure in several places. The PCGP has the potential to give regional natural gas customers in Pacific Northwest market areas better access to domestic Rocky Mountain and Canadian supply basins.
It took Russia invading Ukraine to convince them that we need to expedite gas exports to our allies? I despise Democrats.
Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P.
I wonder if this wan't originally meant as an import facility?
Anyone know?
Oregon huh? So just how is a "proposed Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline project (PCGP)" on our WEST coast going to help Europe, and send a message to Putin. What am I missing here?
Japan and SK could probably get their LNG from their closest neighbor (i.e., Russia), and it would take us a minimum of two years, and a new president before we could fill the first ship at an Oregon LNG port.
Most of the existing LNG facilities are import facilities. They were designed almost ten tears ago and finished being built about five years ago. Since them the work of Natural gas has changed dramatically.
The approval process for an LNG export terminal are long and arduous. DOE then FERC then any other local eviro-creeps.
Currently there are about 15 facilities waiting for FERC approval, many already have DOE approval. It takes FERC about 12 ~ 14 month to grant approval.
I was thinking that. Greater demand without raising supply.
Probably going to be used to send LNG to China?
Yep. So from the looks of things, I'd be looking into the names behind this project for sure, like Buffet or Soros. We've got LNG proposals both in Louisiana and Texas waiting and our Senator Landriu, even with her new chairpersonship, can't seem to push 'em through.
That said, what message will this send to Putin again? And how will it prevent Europe from freezing this winter, if Putin decides to shut off their gas?
Even if immediate changes might not do much to help Ukraine and other Eastern European nations in the short term, advocates argue they would send a message that Russia's energy grip on the region will eventually weaken.
That said, what message will this send to Putin again? And how will it prevent Europe from freezing this winter, if Putin decides to shut off their gas?You might not believe it, but when I first visited Berlin 15 years ago, there were people still heating their apartments with coal.
See post above.
Excellent.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Groveling to a dictator was never my forte.
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