July 2022, Vol. 249, No. 7
EIA Update
FERC OKs Natural Gas Pipeline Projects Aimed at US Exports
By Energy Information Administration (EIA) In the first quarter of 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved three projects intended to increase U.S. natural gas exports via pipeline and as liquefied natural gas (LNG). Two of the projects connect to LNG terminals in Louisiana. The Evangeline Pass Expansion Project is a 1.1 Bcf/d (31 MMcm/d) pipeline owned by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company. It includes 13.1 miles (21.1 km) of new pipeline and two new compressor stations that will deliver natural gas to the proposed Plaquemines LNG Project in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The Alberta Xpress Project is a 170,000-MMcf/d (4

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