Conoco secures DoE approval for Alaska LNG project

Petroleum Review; 28/02/2014

The US Department of Energy (DoE) is reported to have approved ConocoPhillips’ application to ship the equivalent of 40bn cf of natural gas as LNG over a two-year period from its plant on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, to countries which have free trade agreements with the US. A separate application from ConocoPhillips to ship to non-FTA countries, such as Japan, remains pending before the DoE.