Clifford Chance

US Shale Gas Exports – DOE's Freeport Decision

30 May 2013

On May 17th, the US Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy ("DOE") granted the application of Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG Liquefaction, LLC (together, "FLEX") to export up to 1.4 Bcf/d of LNG to non-FTA countries. This was the second DOE order to authorize non-FTA exports of LNG and the first to analyze the cumulative impacts of LNG exports under the regime established in 2011's Sabine Pass order.

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