Obscure Lawsuit Could Greatly Impact Small LNG Facilities, FERC

In April 2022, MDN told you about Nopetro LNG’s plans to construct and operate as many as three liquefaction trains in Port St. Joe, Florida, that would liquefy up to 3.86 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per year of natural gas for export and delivery to markets in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America (see Small Florida LNG Export Facility NOT Subject to FERC Regulation). That’s 3.86 Bcf for an entire year, not per day. This would be a TINY facility. Yet the radical left launched an all-out legal and PR assault to oppose it. In July of this year, Nopetro announced it was giving up on the Port St. Joe plan (see Big Green Wins – Nopetro Cancels Fla. Panhandle LNG Export Plant). Big Green (the bad guys) won. However, whether or not FERC should have jurisdiction over such a facility is still being litigated --- and it's an important lawsuit.

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