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Sound Energy, Eastern Morocco update
Sound Energy, the Moroccan focused upstream gas company, is pleased to provide the following Eastern Morocco update, confirming receipt of a further environmental impact assessment (EIA) approval and land corridor rights in respect of the Tendrara Gas Export Pipeline (TGEP).
EIA of the gas treatment plant and compression station (including liquefaction):
On 17 February 2020 the company announced its plan to pursue the first
phase of TE-5 Horst development at the Tendrara production concession via a micro liquefied natural gas (LNG) production plan. Negotiations are ongoing with equipment providers for the LNG production facility solution and with industrial customers
and distributors in relation to a gas offtake agreement.
The company is pleased to announce that it has now received the EIA approval from the Moroccan Ministry of Energy, Mines and Environment related to the building
of the proposed gas treatment plant and compression station (CPF) at the concession, including the option for gas liquefaction. Receipt of the CPF EIA approval follows meetings of the National Committee from the Moroccan Ministry of Energy, Mines and Environment to review the CPF EIA held
on 10 October 2019 and 28 January 2020 and receipt of EIA approval for the 120-km TGEP connecting the proposed CPF to the Gazoduc Maghreb Europe pipeline (GME), as announced by the company on 13 January 2020.
Inclusion of gas liquefaction within the CPF EIA approval enables the LNG development planned as Phase 1 of the
concession field development plan, with the TGEP led full field development of the concession following as Phase 2.
SOUND ENERGY, March 20, 2020
Rovuma LNG FID reportedly on hold
ExxonMobil is likely to delay a final investment decision (FID) on its $30bn Rovuma LNG project in Mozambique, Reuters has cited six sources as saying. The delay is being attributed to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak disrupting early work on the facility against the backdrop of a depressed gas market.
ExxonMobil warned last week that it was planning to make “significant” cuts to its spending for 2020, but further details have yet to be revealed. There was already speculation about Rovuma LNG being delayed before ExxonMobil had said anything about revising its spending plans.
The FID was previously expected in the first half of 2020, but Reuters reported that according to three sources, ExxonMobil’s partners in Rovuma LNG are pushing for a delay.
The other three sources cited by the news service said the COVID-19 outbreak was already disrupting work on the project to such a degree that an FID was unlikely before the second half of the year.
One source added that the pandemic was also leading to delays in obtaining the financing required for the project.
Rovuma LNG is managed by Mozambique Rovuma Venture, in which both ExxonMobil and Eni hold 35.7% each. The remaining 28.6% stake is held by China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC).
The potential delay comes as leading exporter Qatar is also delaying a major LNG expansion, in which ExxonMobil is a partner.
AMERICAS
Commonwealth LNG, LLC; notice suspending environmental review schedule
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or commission) is suspending
the environmental review schedule for Commonwealth LNG proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The notice
of schedule, issued on October 15, 2019, identified a May 2020 draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) issuance date and an October 2, 2020 final EIS issuance date. This schedule was based upon Commonwealth providing complete and timely responses
to any data requests. In its February 4, 2020 partial response to staff ’s January 2, 2020
data request, Commonwealth stated it would provide the remainder of the outstanding responses in stages through July 2020, including an official interpretation from the United States Department of Transportation
– Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) in June 2020 pertaining to Commonwealth’s proposed LNG storage tank design.
Because the outstanding data responses
to staff ’s data request and the issuance of the PHMSA interpretation are expected after
the previously announced draft EIS date, the commission will suspend the environmental review schedule for the project. Once staff has reviewed both the responses and the PHMSA interpretation, the Commission will issue a revised schedule for the draft and final EIS. This is not a suspension of the Commission staff ’s review of Commonwealth’s project. Staff will continue to process Commonwealth’s proposal to the extent possible based upon the information Commonwealth has filed to date while awaiting the responses and the PHMSA interpretation.
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, March 25, 2020
NV5 awarded $8mn in LNG
utility projects to begin
immediately
NV5 Global, a provider of professional
and technical engineering and consulting solutions, announced today that it has been awarded two new contracts valued at $8mn
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