The US administration is seeking to expedite the environmental permitting process of dozens of major hydrocarbon and infrastructure projects during the COVID-19 pandemic. Projects targeted for quick review include oil and gas industry proposal such as the 5,000-well Converse gas field in Wyoming, the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas terminal in Oregon, and the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline in Virginia.
In July 2020, the US Department of Energy issued a long-term LNG export approval to Pembina’s US$10bn Jordan Cove LNG terminal in Coos Bay, Oregon (United States). The proposed 7.8 Mt/year (10.5 bcm/year) LNG terminal would receive gas from the Malin Hub in southern Oregon through a 1 bcf/d (10.3 bcm/year) gas pipeline and from Canada and would be allowed to export up to 1.08 bcf/d (30.5 mcm/d or 11.1 bcm/year) of LNG.
The US gas pipeline company Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) plans to commission its long-delayed 1.9 bcf/d (20 bcm/year) gas pipeline project from Wetzel County (West Virginia) to Pittsylvania County (Virginia) in early 2021. The US$5.4bn project, whose total costs may rise by 5%, still needs to secure some authorisations, including a new Biological Opinion, approval from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Nationwide Permit 12 from the US Army Corps of Engineers to resume construction.
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