On December 13, 2018, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Policy Statement in the Federal Register regarding eliminating the end use reporting provision in authorizations for the export of liquefied natural gas. Under this practice, many authorization holders are currently required to track and report the country (or countries) of destination into which their exported LNG or natural gas was “received for end use.” Due to practical concerns about this reporting requirement and a reconsideration of the need for the requirement given those concerns, DOE has determined that it is prudent to discontinue this requirement in export authorizations going forward. DOE will revert to its prior practice of requiring authorization holders to report, in relevant part, the country (or countries) into which the exported LNG or natural gas “was actually delivered.”
Concurrently with this policy statement, DOE is issuing a blanket order, Order No. 4322, to remove the end use provision from all existing authorizations issued on or after February 5, 2016. DOE has included a list of the 42 affected export authorizations in that blanket order.
|
ORDER (FE DOCKET NUMBER) |
DATE ISSUED |
AUTHORIZATION HOLDER(S) |
TYPE OF AUTHORIZATION |
AMENDED ORDERING PARAGRAPHS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3768 (14-179-LNG) |
2/5/16 |
Long-Term Natural Gas Export Authorization to Canada and LNG Re-Export Authorization to Non-FTA Nations |
I, P |
|
|
3770 (15-33-LNG) |
2/5/16 |
Long-Term Natural Gas Export Authorization to Canada and LNG Re-Export Authorization to Non-FTA Nations |
I, P |
|
|
3784 (15-149-LNG) |
2/8/16 |
Blanket Authorization to Export LNG to FTA and Non-FTA Nations |
D, H |
|
|
3792 (15-63-LNG) |
3/11/16 |
Long-Term LNG Export Authorization to Non-FTA Nations |
J, Q |
|
|
3797 (15-67-LNG) |
3/18/16 |
Long-Term LNG Export Authorization to Non-FTA Nations |
I, P |
|
|
3809 (15-168-LNG) |
4/13/16 |
Long-Term LNG Export Authorization to FTA Nations |
E, L |
|
|
3829 (15-168-LNG) |
5/20/16 |
Long-Term LNG Export Authorization to Non-FTA Nations |
G, N |
|
|
3825 (16-29-LNG) |
5/26/16 |
Blanket Authorization to Export Previously Imported LNG |
C, G |
|
|
3846 (15-90-LNG) |
7/15/16 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to Non-FTA Nations |
J, Q |
|
|
3866 (16-28-LNG) |
7/21/16 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to FTA Nations |
E, L |
|
|
3867 (16-15-LNG) |
7/21/16 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to FTA Nations |
E, L |
|
|
3324-A (11-59-LNG) |
7/29/16 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to Non-FTA Nations |
J, Q |
|
|
3868 (13-04-LNG) |
7/29/16 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to Non-FTA Nations |
J, Q |
|
|
3869 (15-190-LNG) |
8/17/16 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to FTA Nations |
E, L |
|
|
3877 (16-33-LNG) |
8/24/16 |
Blanket Authorization to Export Natural Gas to FTA Nations |
E, I |
|
|
3904 (16-34-LNG) |
10/02/16 |
Blanket Authorization to Export Natural Gas to FTA and Non-FTA Nations |
E, J |
|
|
3937 (16-98-LNG) |
11/28/16 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to Non-FTA Nations in Central America, South America, or the Caribbean |
F, J |
|
|
3909 (13-132-LNG) |
11/30/16 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to Non-FTA Nations |
J, Q |
|
|
3956 (12-100-LNG) |
12/16/16 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to Non-FTA Nations |
J, Q |
|
|
3957 (16-108-LNG) |
12/19/16 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to Non-FTA Nations |
J, Q |
|
|
3968 (16-144-LNG) |
2/28/17 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to FTA Nations |
E, L |
|
|
4007 (16-141-LNG) |
3/28/17 |
Blanket Authorization to Export Previously Imported LNG to Non-FTA Nations |
C, D |
|
|
4019 (16-188-LNG) |
4/18/17 |
Blanket Authorization to Export LNG to FTA Nations in the Caribbean and Latin America |
F |
|
|
3978 (12-156-LNG) |
4/25/17 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to Non-FTA Nations |
J, Q |
|
|
4025 (13-147-LNG) |
6/1/17 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to Non-FTA Nations |
J, Q |
|
|
4046 (16-205-LNG) |
6/2/17 |
Blanket Authorization to Export LNG to FTA and Non-FTA Nations |
E, J |
|
|
4054 (17-23-LNG) |
6/26/17 |
Blanket Authorization to Export Previously Imported LNG by Vessel |
C, G |
|
|
4010 (16-109-LNG) |
6/29/17 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to FTA and Non-FTA Nations |
J, Q |
|
|
4011 (16-110-LNG) |
6/29/17 |
Long-Term Multi-Contract Export Authorization to FTA and Non-FTA Nations |
J, Q |
|
|
4067 (17-73-CNG) |
7/28/17 |
Pentagon Energy, LLC |
Blanket Authorization to Export CNG to Mexico |
C |
|
4078 (17-79-LNG) |
9/15/17 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to FTA and Non-FTA Nations |
J, Q |
|
|
4137 (17-161-LNG) |
1/10/18 |
Blanket Authorization to Export LNG to FTA Nations |
E, I |
|
|
4162 (17-105-LNG) |
3/11/18 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to FTA Nations |
E, L |
|
|
4197 (18-35-LNG) |
6/4/18 |
Blanket Authorization to Export Previously Imported LNG to FTA and Non-FTA Nations |
D, H |
|
|
4200 (17-167-LNG) |
6/13/18 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to FTA Nations |
E, L |
|
|
4202 (18-27-LNG) |
6/25/18 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to FTA Nations |
E, L |
|
|
4206 (18-15-LNG) |
7/6/18 |
Blanket Authorization to Export LNG to FTA and Non-FTA Nations |
E, J |
|
|
4244 (18-03-LNG) |
9/6/18 |
Blanket Authorization to Export LNG to FTA and Non-FTA Nations |
E, J |
|
|
4248 (18-70-LNG) |
9/19/18 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to FTA Nations |
E, L |
|
|
4263 (18-137-LNG) |
9/28/18 |
Cheniere Marketing, LLC and Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC |
Blanket Authorization to Export LNG to FTA Nations |
E, J |
|
4277 (18-78-LNG) |
11/9/18 |
Long-Term Export Authorization to FTA Nations |
E, L |
|
|
4302 (18-69-LNG) |
11/19/18 |
Blanket Authorization to Export Previously Imported LNG to FTA and Non-FTA Nations |
D, H |