CE FLNG, LLC (CE FLNG) - 12-123-LNG

The Office of Fossil Energy gives notice of receipt of Application filed September 21, 2012, by CE FLNG, LLC (CE FLNG), seeking a long-term multi-contract authorization to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) up to the equivalent of 389.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year to Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries.  Authorization is for a 30-year period commencing on the earlier of the date of first export or ten years from the date the authorization is issued. CE FLNG proposes to export LNG from its proposed LNG terminal site in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana to any country that has, or in the future will have, the capacity to import LNG via ocean-going carrier, with which the United States has, or in the future enters into, an FTA requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas.  CE FLNG also proposes to export LNG from its proposed LNG terminal site in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana to any country that has, or in the future will have, the capacity to import LNG via ocean-going carrier, with which the United States does not have an FTA requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas.  A Federal Register Notice will not be issued for the FTA application. Order 3193 was granted on 11/21/12 for FTA portion of the application. F.R. Notice for Non-FTA Published 77 FR 72840; 12/6/12 (Comments were due 2/4/13).

DOE will consider one or more of the following studies examining the cumulative impacts of exporting domestically produced LNG:

• Effect of Increased Levels of Liquefied Natural Gas on U.S. Energy Markets, conducted by the U.S. Energy Information Administration upon DOE’s request (2014 EIA LNG Export Study);
• The Macroeconomic Impact of Increasing U.S. LNG Exports, conducted jointly by the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and Oxford Economics, on behalf of DOE (2015 LNG Export Study); and
• Macroeconomic Outcomes of Market Determined Levels of U.S. LNG Exports, conducted by NERA Economic Consulting on behalf of DOE (2018 LNG Export Study)

Additionally, DOE will consider the following environmental documents: 

• Addendum to Environmental Review Documents Concerning Exports of Natural Gas From the United States, 79 FR 48132 (Aug. 15, 2014) and
• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas from the United States, 79 FR 32260 (June 4, 2014).

Service List 12-123-LNG