verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message oregon lng is an american energy company whose sole project was a proposal to build a bi directional liquefied natural gas lng production i.e. liquefaction shipping and receiving hub and a natural gas pipeline in northwest oregon . oregon lng is controlled by the us conglomerate leucadia national corporation listed on the new york stock exchange nyse luk . the oregon lng project announced that it was ceasing operations on 15 april 2016 . 1 2 the site of the proposed bi directional oregon lng facility was in warrenton oregon on the estuary of the columbia river . warrenton is eight miles 13 km west of astoria oregon and is less than 10 miles 16 km from the point where the columbia empties into the pacific ocean . the site is currently when being leased by oregon lng and consists of 96 acres 39 ha on the skipanon peninsula a man made peninsula that was created in the 1920s out of dredge spoils . citation needed the proposed terminal would have the capacity to liquefy and ship up to 9.6 million tons of lng per year and would also have the capacity to import and re vaporize up to 500 million cubic feet of natural gas per day during regional supply emergencies . citation needed for transport the gas is chilled to approximately negative 260 f 163 c . this condenses the gas into a liquid making it much more compact and economical to ship . at its destination the lng is transferred from cargo ships to a receiving terminal which then warms the lng back to a gaseous state to be piped to customers . if built the oregon lng project would include a marine shipping and receiving terminal two full containment 160 000 cubic meter lng storage tanks and facilities for ship berthing and offloading . 1 the storage tanks would be 190 feet tall and would be visible from astoria . a 2 100 foot 640 m pier would jut into the river where a basin would be dredged for lng tankers to unload . 3 contents 1 history 2 opposition 3 references 4 external links history edit the project currently known as oregon lng began as the skipanon natural gas facility with initial talks in 2004 . 2 citation needed calpine energy initiated the project signing a lease for the 96 acre 388 500 m2 site with the port of astoria . citation needed in 2005 calpine went into bankruptcy 1 and the project was subsequently acquired from calpine in january 2007 2 by a partnership between original managers of the project and leucadia national corp. 3 citation needed leucadia holds a majority share of oregon lng . 4 citation needed oregon lng filed a formal application with the federal energy regulatory commission ferc in october 2008 5 for the import portion of the project . following the discovery of large shale gas reserves in the united states and canada oregon lng modified the project concept and entered ferc s pre filing process for the export portion of the project in july 2012 . citation needed the oregon lng project announced that it was ceasing operations on 15 april 2016 . 1 opposition edit oregon lng was opposed by a number of groups including the columbia riverkeeper and rising tide who support reduced pollution non fossil fuel renewable energy sources . the pipeline is also opposed by certain landowners who object to eminent domain laws that would force them to have pipelines buried on their properties . in 2011 the oregon legislature passed house bill 2700 which streamlined the permitting of such linear facilities amid a great deal of citizen objections and protests . citation needed local and state agencies and tribes recently submitted detailed comments to the u.s. army corps of engineers corps and to the oregon department of environmental quality that describe why oregon lng s project would violate environmental laws . over two dozen fishing landowner community safety and conservation organizations joined columbia riverkeeper on these comments . expert report review of the impacts of oregon lng s proposed pipeline on aquatic ecosystems . jonathan rhodes phd . planeto azul hydrology . january 12 2015 4 expert report review of the draft biological assessment and essential fish habitat assessment for proposed oregon lng terminal project . richard williams phd . clear creek consulting . january 8 2015 5 oregon department of fish and wildlife odfw public comments oregon lng 6 columbia river estuary study taskforce crest public comments oregon lng 7 center for biological diversity public comments oregon lng 8 state of oregon letter to federal energy regulatory commission ferc 9 columbia riverkeeper et al. public comments oregon lng corps 10 columbia riverkeeper et al. public comments oregon lng deq 11 references edit a b oregonlng . oregonlng.com . retrieved 13 september 2016 . oregon lng cancels plan for warrenton terminal . the oregonian . retrieved 13 september 2016 . sickinger ted october 14 2008 . another player enters lng fray . the oregonian . http columbiariverkeeper.org wp content uploads 2015 02 exh 3 rhodes expert report.pdf http columbiariverkeeper.org wp content uploads 2015 02 exh 1 williams expert report.pdf http columbiariverkeeper.org wp content uploads 2015 02 2015.1.16 odfw corps olng jpa final.pdf http columbiariverkeeper.org wp content uploads 2015 02 2015.1.16 crest 404 comment.pdf http columbiariverkeeper.org wp content uploads 2015 02 exh 4 center for biological diversity oregon lng 404 permit comments1.pdf http columbiariverkeeper.org wp content uploads 2015 02 2015.1.16 state of oregon letter to ferc.pdf http columbiariverkeeper.org wp content uploads 2015 02 2015.1.15 final columbia riverkeeper et al. olng corps 404 comments.pdf http columbiariverkeeper.org wp content uploads 2015 02 2015.2.13 final columbia riverkeeper et al. olng 401 cert comments1.pdf external links edit oregon lng oregon 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