Editorial: LNG-Fueled Trucks Would Help Minimize Air Pollution
Posted on Feb 15, 2007 in State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: LNG-Fueled Trucks Would Help Minimize Air Pollution
The Contra Costa Times has called for additional grants and research to support the use of LNG-fueled trucks in the Port of Oakland. The newspaper says that the trucks would help reduce air pollution at the...
Downeast LNG Officials and Baileyville Town Council Discuss Proposed Pipeline
Posted on Feb 15, 2007 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Downeast LNG Officials and Baileyville Town Council Discuss Proposed Pipeline
Downeast LNG representatives met with Town Council members in Baileyville, Maine, Monday night to discuss plans to build a pipeline associated with the company’s proposed LNG terminal in Robbinston, Maine. Some councilors expressed concern that the pipeline may pass near the town’s water supply and suggested an alternative route, which Downeast spokesperson Rob Wyatt said...
Canadian Government Opposes LNG Vessel Transit in Head Harbor Passage
Posted on Feb 15, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Canadian Government Opposes LNG Vessel Transit in Head Harbor Passage
The Canadian ambassador to the United States has informed FERC that his government formally has decided to oppose LNG vessel transit through Canadian waters en route to the proposed Downeast and Quoddy Bay LNG terminals in Maine. In a letter dated yesterday, Michael Wilson asserted that, based on the results of a navigational safety and environmental study commissioned by the Canadian...
BHP Billiton Representative to Discuss Cabrillo Port
Posted on Feb 15, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on BHP Billiton Representative to Discuss Cabrillo Port
The public affairs adviser for BHP Billiton is scheduled to appear before The Oxnard Republican Women’s Club to discuss the company’s proposed Cabrillo Port LNG terminal. Read more about the Feb. 28 meeting in The Ventura County Star. [Free registration...
Robust Growth Predicted for 2008 LNG Production
Posted on Feb 14, 2007 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Robust Growth Predicted for 2008 LNG Production
A Wood MacKenzie analyst tells World Gas Intelligence that LNG production may rise only 8% in 2007, keeping supply and demand for the fuel unbalanced. “Some are going to go hungry. There’s just not enough LNG to go around,” he says. However, the publication predicts a greater leap in production in 2008, when a number of large liquefaction trains in Russia and Qatar...