FERC approves Alaska LNG project, though viability in doubt

Oil & Gas Journal: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved May 21 the proposed Alaska LNG project that could allow development of Alaska North Slope natural gas primarily for export as LNG despite the costly plan’s uncertain future.

The project, led by state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corp., would involve construction of a 42-in. pipeline more than 800 miles from the North Slope, where it would draw gas especially from Point Thomson and Prudhoe Bay fields. The pipeline would run to Nikiski, on the Cook Inlet coast of southern Alaska.

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