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PennEast seeks FERC's help with court ruling; Texas LNG asks FERC for approval

PennEast seeks FERC's help with eminent domain snag in court

PennEast Pipeline Co. LLC is turning to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to help overcome an unfavorable U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruling that threatens to hold up the project and could unsettle the process of taking land for gas pipelines. The case centered around the 116-mile, 1.1-Bcf/d PennEast Pipeline's efforts to condemn roughly 40 properties owned at least in part by the state of New Jersey, some of which were preserved for conservation, recreation or agriculture.

2nd LNG developer in Brownsville, Texas, presses FERC for project approval

Texas LNG LLC became the second developer of an LNG export terminal on the Brownsville Ship Channel in Texas to press FERC for a permit decision in recent weeks. Besides the Texas LNG project, the Brownsville projects are NextDecade Corp.'s Rio Grande LNG and Exelon Corp.'s Annova LNG. FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee has stressed that FERC will review the applications for each of the Brownsville projects individually.

Cheniere seeks to boost LNG production at Sabine Pass, Corpus Christi terminals

Cheniere Energy Inc. wants federal approval to increase LNG production capacity at its two export terminals, with the company saying it can boost production by a total of about 0.7 Bcf/d of gas without needing to build any facilities beyond the ones already authorized. Cheniere said it could achieve the production increase through operational efficiencies and facility improvements after gleaning insight from the five trains at its Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Louisiana and two trains at its Corpus Christi LNG terminal in Texas.

Enbridge unit applies for compressor station to serve Calcasieu Pass LNG plant

Texas Eastern Transmission LP asked FERC to let it build a natural gas compressor station and other parts of the Cameron Extension project that would provide the Calcasieu Pass LNG export terminal in Louisiana with firm natural gas transportation service. Texas Eastern also requested FERC approval of recourse reservation and usage rates, as well as an incremental fuel percentage, related to the project.

ANR Pipeline to acquire affiliate's Mich. gas storage facilities

ANR Pipeline Co. asked FERC to allow it to acquire natural gas storage facilities and base gas in central Michigan that it currently leases from affiliate Mid Michigan Gas Storage Co., which ANR said would ensure stability for both it and its gas transportation and storage customers. In the Oct. 1 abbreviated application, ANR, a TC Energy Corp. subsidiary, asked for authorization that would allow the transfer ownership of assets at the Austin, Goodwell, Lincoln-Freeman, Loreed, and Reed City storage fields.