Petro-Canada and Gazprom Sign Engineering Agreement
Posted on Mar 15, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Petro-Canada and Gazprom Sign Engineering Agreement
The National Post today reports that Petro-Canada and Gazprom have inked an agreement to start preliminary engineering work on a liquefaction facility in St. Petersburg, Russia. The joint venture furthers plans to import LNG to a proposed regasification facility in Gros Cacouna, Quebec. “The supply assurance is certainly an important part of any of these [regasification]...
Modifications Planned for Offshore Main Pass Terminal
Posted on Mar 15, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Modifications Planned for Offshore Main Pass Terminal
Freeport Vice President David Landry said the company is redesigning its proposed Main Pass LNG terminal to mitigate the environmental impact of its open-loop system. For example, the terminal would reduce its need for sea water by re-using excess heat from the port, and would install a filter to protect fish larvae. A final environmental impact statement released by the U.S. Coast...
Massachusetts Representative Accuses Hess CEO of Dishonesty
Posted on Mar 15, 2006 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Massachusetts Representative Accuses Hess CEO of Dishonesty
Today’s Herald News reports that U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) released a letter he sent to Hess LNG CEO Gordon Shearer accusing him of making false statements regarding the legislation implemented to preserve the existing Brightman Street Bridge. Hess LNG had characterized the provision as “unconstitutional and illegal.” Frank reportedly wrote in the letter,...
Kelliher Will Not Recuse Himself From Broadwater Review
Posted on Mar 15, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Kelliher Will Not Recuse Himself From Broadwater Review
FERC Chairman Joseph Kelliher says he will not recuse himself from the Broadwater matter despite three New York legislators’ request that he do so. In a written reply, Kelliher said that FERC ethics counsel advised that recusal was unnecessary, and that his employment with Broadwater’s counsel “lasted little more than two months.” Details are in today’s...
Deed from 1960 Indicates Mass. Owns Wedge Lot Impacting Weaver’s Cove
Posted on Mar 15, 2006 in Federal Regulation, LNGLawBlog, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Deed from 1960 Indicates Mass. Owns Wedge Lot Impacting Weaver’s Cove
Today, a Fall River, Mass. citizen filed documents with FERC alleging that a parcel of land known as the “wedge lot” and considered necessary to the proposed Weaver’s Cove LNG terminal is actually owned by the State of Massachusetts. Weaver’s Cove had asserted to FERC that title to the land was unknown because the previous owner went bankrupt over 40 years ago...