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Video explains federal laws for Alaska LNG exports

The Institute of the North, an Anchorage-based nonprofit that promotes understanding of Arctic and natural resource management issues, has prepared a six-minute video on federal laws governing export of Alaska North Slope natural gas.

Interest has been renewed in liquefying Alaska gas and shipping it aboard tankers to buyers in Japan, China, India and other Asian markets. The video explains the roles that 1938, 1975 and 1976 federal laws play in the process for approving such Alaska natural gas exports. 

Alaska is one of several potential LNG suppliers to Asian gas and electric utilities that are increasingly relying on the cleaner-burning fuel to meet their customers' needs.

The Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects assisted with the video project.
FLNG drops anchor as industry moves production offshore
Shell's FLNG ship Prelude

Billions of dollars are being committed to what could be the liquefied natural gas industry’s next big trend: Floating LNG projects, or FLNG.

Three projects are under way now, and the whole LNG world is watching to see how they work out. First production could come in 2014 or 2015.

Can producing LNG aboard giant floating factories really cut costs and development time? Can the production vessels really withstand the worst fury an ocean can churn up? Can they really bring to market gas from hundreds of remote offshore fields that would be too expensive to develop otherwise?

Major oil and gas producers, multinational engineering firms and the world’s biggest shipyards all are trying to position themselves for breakout growth of FLNG.

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LNG market overview looks at supply and demand

New players on the supply side of liquefied natural gas have been popping up to challenge top exporter Qatar, with East Africa one of the latest on the buzz list.

Australia is racing to complete its mega-projects, and North American developers are lining up to unleash the continent’s huge supplies abroad. With demand for its copious gas reserves weakening in Europe, Russia is shifting focus to its Asian neighbors.

Meanwhile, Japan and other big LNG consumers are weary of being squeezed by high LNG prices and are looking for ways to bargain them down.

These were some of the market trends that buyers and sellers — and the support industries in between — discussed last month in Houston at LNG 17.

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Permitting

Any project as large and complex as a multibillion-dollar natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope will require numerous federal, state and local permits. Agencies have been working with developers on National Environmental Policy Act and permitting efforts for an Alaska gas line project.

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UPS worker refuels an LNG truck.
LNG industry eyes transportation market

Driven in part by the world’s abundance of natural gas, a roster of major companies are placing bets that gas can make inroads as a fuel for highway trucks and ships.

This could open a major new market for the liquefied natural gas industry.

But it’s by no means clear that LNG will get far in this new opportunity. Questions persist about who will supply the fuel, what price it will be, where it will be available, and whether ship and truck owners will make the substantial investments required.

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