5-26-15 Big LNG Meeting In Anchorage This Week

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will host a roundtable discussion in Anchorage on Thursday on the federal processes for permitting an Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project. We invite you to join us.

 

The event will include a public discussion between senior energy officials from the relevant federal agencies about key federal permits, processes and opportunities related to an LNG export project in Alaska. 

 

Attendees will include Deputy Secretary of Energy Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Director of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects Ann Miles, Department of Interior Chief of Staff Tommy Beaudreau, and Department of Energy Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Oil and Natural Gas Paula Gant.

 

What: Roundtable on the federal government’s role in permitting an Alaska LNG project

 

When: Thursday, May 28 at 9 a.m. Alaska Standard Time. Doors open at 8:30am.

 

Where: Wilda Marston Theatre, 3600 Denali Street, Anchorage

 

Currently, the Alaska LNG Project has a pending application for a conditional license to export LNG to non-free trade agreement nations before the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and has initiated the pre-filing process with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).