Governor supports conditional LNG export license.

• Author: Pilkington, Steve
• Position: GOVERNMENT

Gov. Sarah Palin told federal energy authorities she would support a two-year extension of the Kenai liquefied natural gas plant's export license, if its owners agreed to certain conditions aimed at protecting the region's utility gas consumers, the economy and Cook Inlet's gas industry. ConocoPhillips Alaska Natural Gas Corp. and Marathon Oil Co. are joint owners of the Nikiski LNG terminal, exporting Cook Inlet gas to Japan under a federal export license due to expire in 2009. Their January application to the Department of Energy for a two-year extension, combined with recent tightening supplies and rising prices for gas, have raised fears of...