Office of Fossil Energy; Phillips Alaska Natural Gas Corporation and Marathon Oil Company; Order Extending Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas From Alaska

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 69 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 17649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9000]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket No. 96-99-LNG]


Office of Fossil Energy; Phillips Alaska Natural Gas Corporation 
and Marathon Oil Company; Order Extending Authorization to Export 
Liquefied Natural Gas From Alaska

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of order.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy 
(DOE) gives notice that DOE issued DOE/FE Opinion and Order No. 1473 
(Order 1473) on April 2, 1999, extending the authorization held by 
Phillips Alaska Natural Gas Corporation and Marathon Oil Company 
(Applicants) to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the State of 
Alaska to Japan for an additional five years, from April 1, 2004, 
through March 31, 2009. The Applicants currently are authorized to 
export approximately 64.4 billion cubic feet of LNG per year. This 
export originally was approved by the Federal Power Commission in 1967 
(37 F.P.C. para. 777). During the extension period, the natural gas to 
be exported will be produced from gas fields owned or controlled by the 
Applicants in the Cook Inlet area of Alaska. The natural gas will be 
manufactured into LNG at their existing liquefaction plant near Kenai, 
Alaska, and transported by tanker to Japan for sale to Tokyo Electric 
Power Company, Inc. and Tokyo Gas Company, Ltd., the two largest 
electric and gas utilities in Japan. In approving the export extension, 
DOE determined there are sufficient regional supplies of natural gas to 
satisfy local and export demand through the extension period and, in 
addition, an extension would continue tangible benefits to the Alaskan 
economy, energy production, and international trade.
    Order 1473 may be found on the FE web site at 
www.fe.doe.gov, or on our electronic bulletin board at (202) 586-7853. 
It is also available for inspection and copying in the Office of 
Natural Gas & Petroleum Import & Export Activities docket room, 3E-033, 
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20585-0334, (202) 586-9478. The docket room is open between the hours 
of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., April 5, 1999.
John W. Glynn,
Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of Natural Gas & Petroleum 
Import & Export Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-9000 Filed 4-9-99; 8:45 am]
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