US debate on LNG exports centered at energy department

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 100-106

  Miles, Steven ^a   Eastment, Thomas ^a  

^a Baker Botts LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY MARKETS; ENERGY POLICY ACT; FREE TRADE AGREEMENT; NORTH AMERICAN; OIL AND GAS RESERVES; PUBLIC INTEREST; TIGHT FORMATION; US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

ENERGY POLICY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; OIL SHALE; SHALE OIL;

NATURAL GAS;

ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; EXPORT; FREE TRADE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; PRICE DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875710840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 00301388     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2013 Early Release, Table 134. Natural Gas Imports and Exports (2012), projecting 2020 as the year the US will become a net exporter of natural gas.
2. Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, FE Docket No. 10-111- LNG, DOE/FE Order No. 2961, p. 28; May 20, 2011; "Sabine Order.".
3. Mexico and Canada also import large volumes of natural gas from the US though these transactions are made primarily through cross-border natural gas pipelines.
4. Sabine Order, pp. 27-29.
5. Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG Exports from the United States, NERA Economic Consulting, Dec. 3, 2012, http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/ gasregulation/reports/nera-lng-report.pdf.
6. Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy, Notice of availability of 2012 LNG export study and request for comments, 77 Fed. Reg. 73627, 73628; Dec. 11, 2012; "DOE/FE Comment Notice.".
7. Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy, Procedural Order, FE Docket No. 10-161-LNG, et al. p. 2; Jan. 28, 2013.
8. Expedited LNG for American Allies Act of 2013, S. 192, 113th Congress (2013).
9. H.R. 580, 113th Congress (2013).
10. Ron Wyden, "Getting natural gas right a priority, " The Hill (Feb. 5, 2013), http://thehill.com/opinion/oped/281281-getting-natural-gas- right-a-priority.
11. DOE Comment Notice, 77 Fed. Reg., p. 73629.
12. Sabine Order, pp. 32-33.
13. Section 15(b) of NGA, 15 USC. §717n(b).
14. Sabine Order, p. 28.
15. Coalition for Responsible Growth and Resource Conservation, et al. v. FERC, No. 12-566, 2012 US App. LEXIS 11847 (2d Cir. June 12, 2012).
16. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3, Scoping Comments, FERC Docket No. PF12-16-000, p. 2; Nov. 15, 2012.
17. Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy, Energy Department Releases Study on Natural Gas Exports, Invites Public Comment, Jan. 29, 2013, http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/gasregulation/LNGStudy.html.
18. John E. Paisie, "US LNG Export Projects-1: Three-point system compares US LNG export projects, " Oil & Gas Journal, Dec. 3, 2012, p. 116.