LNG in Cameron Co.

[Minion]

There goes our beautiful Island. 

www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/article_132cbf72-abd1-11e7-905c-8fdd4ed74808.html


Despite some vocal opposition to the measure, Cameron County commissioners voted to give Rio Grande LNG a 10-year tax abatement earlier this week.


If Rio Grande LNG receives the OK from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the subsidiary of NextDecade will receive a 76 percent tax break when it breaks ground at the Port of Brownsville. That translates to a $373.1 million tax break.


The vote was 4-1. CountyJudge Eddie Treviño was against the abatement.

[miles]

Oct 9, 2017 7:51:17 GMT -6 Minion said:

There goes our beautiful Island. 

www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/article_132cbf72-abd1-11e7-905c-8fdd4ed74808.html


Despite some vocal opposition to the measure, Cameron County commissioners voted to give Rio Grande LNG a 10-year tax abatement earlier this week.


If Rio Grande LNG receives the OK from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the subsidiary of NextDecade will receive a 76 percent tax break when it breaks ground at the Port of Brownsville. That translates to a $373.1 million tax break.


The vote was 4-1. CountyJudge Eddie Treviño was against the abatement.

BOOOOOOOOOOOO HISSSSSSSSS................ There goes Cameron's economy.

[vyzee]

Hi yes can we replace LNG with like a SolarCity plant or that Big River Steel mill.

[Granola]

French bank BNP Paribas has decided to no longer finance Texas LNG, one of three LNG export terminals proposed for the Valley. Here's what Juan B. Mancias, chairman of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas has to say about the victory!

Remember: Texas LNG is proposed to be built on a sacred Indigenous site. #NoLNG

[Minion]

Oct 11, 2017 21:54:37 GMT -6 Granola said:

French bank BNP Paribas has decided to no longer finance Texas LNG, one of three LNG export terminals proposed for the Valley. Here's what Juan B. Mancias, chairman of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas has to say about the victory!

Remember: Texas LNG is proposed to be built on a sacred Indigenous site. #NoLNG

That's awesome!

[Minion]

Tariffs on Chinese imports could hinder LNG ambitions

Analysts fear added risks, complications for investors

By Collin Eaton STAFF WRITER
New tariffs on Chinese imports could make it harder for U.S. liquefied natural gas exporters to tap into China’s booming market and raise billions for the next generation of Gulf Coast LNG facilities.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he would impose tariffs targeting roughly $60 billion in Chinese goods per year. The new trade policy could further complicate a complex relationship and add another layer of risk that could scare off investors already jittery about doing business with China.


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[miles]

Mar 26, 2018 7:38:44 GMT -6 Minion said:

Tariffs on Chinese imports could hinder LNG ambitions

Analysts fear added risks, complications for investors

By Collin Eaton STAFF WRITER
New tariffs on Chinese imports could make it harder for U.S. liquefied natural gas exporters to tap into China’s booming market and raise billions for the next generation of Gulf Coast LNG facilities.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he would impose tariffs targeting roughly $60 billion in Chinese goods per year. The new trade policy could further complicate a complex relationship and add another layer of risk that could scare off investors already jittery about doing business with China.


ireader.olivesoftware.com/Olive/iReader/SanAntonioExpressNews/SharedArticle.ashx?document=SAEN%5C2018%5C03%5C23&article=Ar01702

This would be a welcome development.  I'd hate to see the island ruined for decades to come just for the almighty dollar.

[Minion]

LNG company permits pulled for Port of Brownsville project

BROWNSVILLE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has informed two LNG companies proposing plants at the Port of Brownsville that their applications are no longer being reviewed due to missed deadlines for requested information.

In a letter to Annova LNG, one of three companies seeking approval from USACE and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build liquefied natural gas export terminals at the port, USACE Galveston District Policy Branch Chief Robert Heinly wrote that Annova’s permit was being withdrawn, though the company could apply at a later date.

Heinly noted that the USACE sent a letter to Annova on May 21 requesting complete information about the natural gas pipeline that would supply gas to Annova’s proposed LNG facility. The company was given 30 days to respond or have its permit withdrawn. Annova CEO Omar Khayum’s request for an extension until Nov. 2 was deemed “not acceptable” by USACE, which then pulled Annova’s permit. Heinly noted the company is free to reapply at a later date.

In a statement, Annova said it is continuing to make progress on a mid-scale LNG export terminal at the port.

www.themonitor.com/news/business/article_8f7893a2-a03c-11e8-bbb9-5fd4ad0b384f.html

[Minion]

YES!  

Anti-LNG group motion granted

BROWNSVILLE — Save RGV From LNG, a grass-roots environmental group fighting proposed liquefied natural gas projects at the Port of Brownsville, has been granted legal authority to intervene in the permit application of Texas LNG Brownsville LLC, the Houston-based company behind one of the projects.

In a letter dated Jan. 18, Nathaniel J. Davis, deputy secretary of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, granted Save RGV’s “motion to intervene,” which makes the group “participants in the proceeding” and gives it the right to request rehearing of FERC orders and to seek relief in court of final agency actions in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal, according to FERC.

Texas LNG filed its permit application with FERC in March 2016. FERC’s notice the following month announcing the company’s application set May 5, 2016, as the deadline for the filing of motions to intervene. FERC rules allow for late filing of such motions in some cases, however, including motions filed on environmental grounds within the public comment period of a project’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement.

Save RGV filed its motion on Dec. 12, five days before the comment-period deadline, arguing that it has an interest in the Texas LNG application proceeding because the organization and its members have “environmental, aesthetic, and economic interests that will be directly affected by the project,” according to Davis’ letter. The Texas LNG Draft Environmental Impact Statement was released in October.

Save RGV argues that Texas LNG and two other proposed LNG projects, Annova and NextDecade, will damage the environment, the local fishing industry and tourism while posing risks to the safety of residents. Texas LNG wants to build a natural gas liquefaction and export terminal on 625 acres on the north bank of the Brownsville Ship Channel. The plant would have a maximum export capacity of 4 million metric tons of LNG annually, making it the smallest of the proposed facilities.

On the opposite side of the debate is a group calling itself Texans for Natural Gas, which on Friday launched an online campaign featuring social media advertisements criticizing “radical environmentalists” for “trying to shut down Brownsville LNG exports.”

In an emailed statement, TNG spokesman Steve Everley said the United States is about to become the world’s biggest LNG exporter and that Brownsville can “play a major role in solidifying America’s status as an energy superpower, while also ensuring that more dollars flow back into our country.”

“Unfortunately, anti-LNG activists are trying to deny a transformational opportunity for families and workers in the Rio Grande Valley,” he said.

Save LNG could not be reached as of press time.

www.themonitor.com/2019/01/26/anti-lng-group-motion-granted/ 

[miles]

Looks like it’s a done deal!

www.themonitor.com/2019/03/30/nextdecade-make-announcement-company-build-large-scale-lng-plant-brownsville-port/