Jordan Cove LNG project in Oregon approved by FERC

The US regulatory agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved midstream service provider Pembina Pipeline’s Jordan Cove liquified natural gas (LNG) project in Oregon, US.

FERC has given approval for Pembina’s proposed terminal and the 229-mile Pacific Connector gas pipeline, which form part of the Jordan Cove LNG project.

The Pacific Connector pipeline will originate near Malin in Klamath County, Oregon and terminate at the Jordan Cove LNG Terminal.

The company will source natural gas for the project at the Malin Hub. This will create direct access for natural gas from areas such as the Rockies Basin, US.

Pembina Pipeline senior vice-president and chief legal officer Harry Andersen said: “We appreciate FERC’s science-based approach to their review. The approval emphasises yet again that Jordan Cove is environmentally responsible and is a project that should be permitted given a prudent regulatory and legal process was undertaken.

“The FERC’s decision is due in no small part to our many supporters who have turned out time and time again to voice their support for Jordan Cove and to show that the project is in the public interest, including in southern Oregon and the Rockies Basin.”

Spread over 200 acres, the terminal will have an LNG storage capacity of 320,000m³ and a send-out capacity of one million dekatherms per day.

In October 2017, Pembina Pipeline completed its merger with Canadian energy infrastructure company Veresen in a transaction valued at around $9.4bn ($7.51bn).

Also in 2017, Pembina Pipeline received regulatory approval to begin construction of its previously announced $235m pipeline infrastructure expansion in north-east British Columbia (NEBC expansion).

In April 2016, Veresen agreed to sell liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the proposed Jordan Cove export facility to Itochu.