DOE issues approvals for Tellurian, Sempra LNG export projects

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.

Nick Snow

May 2, 2019

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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Nick Snow

NICK SNOW covered oil and gas in Washington for more than 30 years. He worked in several capacities for The Oil Daily and was founding editor of Petroleum Finance Week before joining OGJ as its Washington correspondent in September 2005 and becoming its full-time Washington editor in October 2007. He retired from OGJ in January 2020.