The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved the pre-filing review request filed by Canadian LNG project developer Veresen to increase the capacity of its Jordan Cove LNG project in Coos Bay, Oregon (United States).
In 2016, the FERC rejected the permit application for the 1 bcf/d (10.3 bcm/year) Pacific Connector gas pipeline project, which would supply gas to the Jordan Cove LNG project, considering that the adverse impacts of the proposed gas pipeline project would outweigh the public benefits of the Pacific Connector Pipeline. It also denied a request for rehearing the applications of Jordan Cove LNG and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, stating that it would not reopen the record.
Consequently, Veresen withdrew its application with the Energy Facility Siting Council to build an adjacent 420 MW power plant, thus reducing the infrastructure footprint, and filed a new application for the LNG project, whose capacity was raised from 6 Mt/year to 7.8 Mt/year and which would feature a 1.2 bcf/d (34 mcm/d) gas pipeline connecting the terminal project to the existing systems of Ruby Pipeline and Gas Transmission Northwest.
The preliminary agreements with Japanese groups JERA and Itochu for the supply of 1.5 Mt/year will stay in place.