Energia i gospodarka · 10.12.2014

Pieridae Energy (USA) Ltd.; Application for Long-Term Authorization To Export Domestically Produced Natural Gas Through Canada to Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries After Liquefaction to Liquefied Natural Gas for a 20-Year Period

The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of an application (Application) filed on October 24, 2014, by Pieridae Energy (USA) Ltd. (Pieridae US) \1\ requesting long-term, multi-contract authorization to export domestically produced natural gas in a volume up to 292 billion cubic feet per year (Bcf/yr), or approximately 0.8 Bcf per day (Bcf/d). Pieridae US proposes to export domestically produced natural gas as follows: (i) To export the natural gas to Canada at the United States- Canada border near Baileyville, Maine, at the juncture of the Maritimes & Northeast (M&N) U.S. Pipeline and the M&N Canada Pipeline; \2\ (ii) to use a portion of the U.S.-sourced natural gas as feedstock in a Canadian natural gas liquefaction facility called the Goldboro LNG Project, to be developed by one or more Pieridae affiliates and to be located at the Goldboro Industrial Park in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada; and (iii) to export a portion of the U.S.-sourced natural gas in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by vessel from Canada to one or more countries with which the United States does not have a free trade agreement (FTA) requiring na