Alaska’s proposed liquefied natural gas project has secured an approval from the U.S. Department of Energy to export the chilled gas to countries with free trade agreements with the United States.
The decision authorizes exports to South Korea and other nations that have the free trade agreement with the U.S.
Alaska LNG also applied for authorization to export the LNG from its proposed LNG facility to be constructed in the Nikiski area of the Kenai Peninsula in south central Alaska, to any country with which the United States does not have a free trade agreement. Alaska LNG requests this authorization for a 30-year term.
“This FTA license is good news for Alaska, but by law it had to be approved. The real test is the non-FTA license,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in a statement. “I am watching the process to ensure that there’s no unnecessary delays in approving exports to Japan and other non-FTA countries.”
Alaska LNG partners, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, BP and TransCanada plan to construct a liquefaction facility consisting of three LNG trains with a total capacity of 20 mtpa.
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