U.S. Coast Guard Releases Waterway Suitability Report for Sparrows Point LNG
Posted on Feb 29, 2008 in Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on U.S. Coast Guard Releases Waterway Suitability Report for Sparrows Point LNG
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Waterway Suitability Report for the proposed Sparrows Point LNG terminal was released earlier this week and is now available in FERC’s eLibrary under Docket No. CP07-62. The Coast Guard determined that the Chesapeake Bay “can be made suitable” for Sparrows Point LNG tanker traffic and private marine security personnel may be used to escort...
Sempra CEO: Company Contemplating Liquefaction Investment
Posted on Feb 29, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Sempra CEO: Company Contemplating Liquefaction Investment
LNG Unlimited [subscription required] reports that Sempra Energy CEO Don Felsinger said in a conference call that his company is contemplating investment in liquefaction facilities. He said that Sempra would consider opportunities that include gas marketing rights, noting, “We want a disproportionate share of the off-take to market.” Felsinger also confirmed that...
Maryland Congressional Members Call for Rejection of Sparrows Point LNG Application
Posted on Feb 29, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Maryland Congressional Members Call for Rejection of Sparrows Point LNG Application
Maryland Senators Barbara Mikulski (D) and Ben Cardin (D), as well as Congressmen Elijah Cummings (D), Dutch Ruppersberger (D), and John Sarbanes (D) have requested that FERC reject AES Corp.’s application for the Sparrows Point LNG project. The Associated Press (via the Baltimore Examiner) reports that the Maryland delegates are citing the project’s Waterway Suitability...
Daily Letters to the Editor
Posted on Feb 29, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Daily Letters to the Editor
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County Staff Members Note “Flaws” in Bradwood Landing LNG’s Land Use Application
Posted on Feb 29, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Staff Members Note “Flaws” in Bradwood Landing LNG’s Land Use Application
In a 23-page report, the professional staff for the Clatsop County, Ore., Board of Commissioners noted several problems with the land-use application filed by Bradwood Landing LNG project developer NorthernStar Natural Gas Co. According to county officials speaking with the Daily Astorian, the problems are “mostly grammatical,” along with some declarations that the staff...