Posted - January 30, 2014 - Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
A subsidiary of ConocoPhillips has requested an authorization to export
liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Alaska to countries that do not have
free trade agreements with the United States, according to a filing from
the U.S. Department of Energy.
ConocoPhillips Alaska Natural Gas Corp (CPANCC) said it wants the
government to give approval for the equivalent of up to 40 billion cubic
feet of natural gas in total over a two-year period.
The LNG would be exported from facilities located in the Cook Inlet near
Kenai, Alaska, the DOE said in a filing posted on Wednesday in the
Federal Register. The request is subject to a public comment period that
ends on Feb. 28.
CPANCC and its predecessors have long exported LNG from the Kenai facility to Japan and other Pacific Rim countries.
The company let its most recent authorization lapse in March 2013 amid
perceived uncertainties about whether supplies in the Cook Inlet region
were adequate to meet regional needs, the DOE said.
"CPANCC states, however, that the uncertainties have been removed," it
added. The company wants rapid consideration of its request so that
exports can resume in the second quarter.
Source: Reuters
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