Local opposition to oil, gas and coal export projects has effectively blocked any new ones from becoming operational in recent years.
Location | State | Facility | Fossil fuel | Plans announced | Current status and related regulations |
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Oakland | CA | Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal | Coal | 20151420070400000 | City banned the storage and handling of coal in 2016. The lease was canceled after a federal court overturned the ban in 2018. Lawsuits are currently underway. |
Boardman and Clatskanie | OR | Morrow Pacific Coal Export Terminals | Coal | 20121325376000000 | Withdrawn after state denied key permit in 2014 |
Clatskanie | OR | Kinder Morgan Coal Export Terminal | Coal | 20121325376000000 | Withdrawn in 2013 after electric utility expressed concern about coal dust |
Coos Bay | OR | Project Mainstay | Coal | 20111293840000000 | Withdrawn in 2013 |
Coos Bay | OR | Jordan Cove LNG | Liquefied Natural Gas | 20041072915200000 | Federal permit rejected in 2016. State water-quality permit, required for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit, rejected in 2019. The company may appeal or file a new application. |
Warrenton | OR | Oregon LNG | Liquefied Natural Gas | 20041072915200000 | Project began as an import proposal. Withdrawn in 2016 |
Anacortes | WA | Shell Refinery oil-by-rail | Oil | 20131356998400000 | Withdrawn in 2016 |
Bellingham | WA | Gateway Pacific Terminal | Coal | 20111293840000000 | Withdrawn in 2017 after Army Corps of Engineers denied permit |
Bellingham | WA | BP export terminal expansion | Oil | 2000946684800000 | BP built an extension of its oil export facilities in 2001, without first undergoing an environmental review. A citizen-filed suit in 2005 forced an Army Corps of Engineers environmental review. The final impact statement is still incomplete. |
Hoquiam | WA | County International Bulk Export Terminal | Coal | 20151420070400000 | Withdrawn in 2016 |
Longview | WA | Millenium Bulk Terminals | Coal | 20121325376000000 | State rejected key permit in 2017, and a federal lawsuit ensued. As of April 2019, a federal judge had dismissed portions of the lawsuit but other aspects remained under consideration. |