The US Department of Energy issued approvals on May 2 for Tellurian Inc.’s proposed Driftwood facility in Calcasieu Parish, La., and Sempra Energy’s planned installation at Port Arthur, Tex., to export LNG to countries that do not have a free trade agreement with the US.
Under the orders, Tellurian was authorized to export as much as 3.88 bcfd and Sempra received permission to export as much as 1.91 bcfd of domestically produced LNG to non-FTA countries not prohibited under US law or policy.
The projects each received authorization from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to site, construct, and operate their projects on Apr. 18, DOE noted.
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