US Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette signed the final authorization July 6 for export of LNG from the Jordan Cove project planned for the coast of Oregon.
A gas pipeline and the export terminal received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in March (OGJ Online, March 20, 2020).
Pembina Pipeline Corp., Calgary, would build the Pacific Connector pipeline 229 miles from a pipeline hub near Malin, Ore., to Coos Bay, Ore., where a five-train liquefaction facility would be built with a capacity of up to 7.8 million tonne/year. It would be a $10 billion project, according to Pembina, which acquired the project in 2017 and hopes to complete it in 2025.
The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and development in February objected that the Jordan Cove plan is inconsistent with the state’s environmental policies, an objection raised under the Coastal Zone Management Act.
But the commerce secretary has authority to accept or reject the state’s objection, and that decision has not yet been made.
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Alan Kovski worked as OGJ's Washington Correspondent from 2019 through 2023.