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NextDecade Corp. has dropped plans for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal on the Texas City Ship Channel, saying the site is partially under the control of the federal government and not suitable for the project.
NextDecade Abandons Galveston Bay LNG Project Over Regulatory Issues NextDecade Corp. has dropped plans for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal on the Texas City Ship Channel, saying the site is partially under the control of the federal government and not suitable for the project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers advised the company that a portion of the proposed Galveston Bay LNG site is federally regulated under navigation servitude, which indirectly extends powers to the government to oversee commerce under the Constitution. Part of the site serves as an active dredged materia...