Industry Officials Expect U.S. LNG Imports to Increase Next Year
Posted on Apr 24, 2008 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Industry Officials Expect U.S. LNG Imports to Increase Next Year
Speaking at the CWC Group LNG 2008 conference held this week in San Antonio, Texas, a number of industry officials predicted that LNG imports to the United States are likely to increase next year. Sempra LNG’s vice president of commercial development cited expanded global liquefaction capacity and existing gas infrastructure as reasons the U.S. market would see more LNG cargos...
ALNG: 65% of 2007 LNG Cargos Exported from Trinidad Went to United States
Posted on Apr 24, 2008 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on ALNG: 65% of 2007 LNG Cargos Exported from Trinidad Went to United States
Atlantic LNG (ALNG) CEO Oscar Prieto told Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday that 65% of his company’s cargos were exported to the United States in 2007. He also noted that 58% of all LNG imported to the United States in 2007 was from...
Opponents of Two Offshore New Jersey LNG Proposals Hold Rally
Posted on Apr 23, 2008 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Opponents of Two Offshore New Jersey LNG Proposals Hold Rally
The Asbury Park Press reports that opponents of two proposed offshore New Jersey LNG regasification terminals, the Safe Harbor Energy and BlueOcean Energy projects, held a rally yesterday to introduce a new effort to protest the projects. The rally’s organizers announced that they hope to collect 25,000 signatures this summer to show widespread opposition to the offshore LNG...
County Board Unanimously Opposes Preferred OceanWay LNG Transfer Site
Posted on Apr 23, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Board Unanimously Opposes Preferred OceanWay LNG Transfer Site
Citing concerns about proximity to a U.S. Navy test range, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to oppose the preferred location of Woodside Energy’s OceanWay LNG transfer site. One board member told the Ventura County Star that the Board of Supervisors is “not making a recommendation for or against LNG,” noting that “our goal is...
Canada Hopes New Regulatory Office Will Streamline Review Process for Energy Projects
Posted on Apr 23, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canada Hopes New Regulatory Office Will Streamline Review Process for Energy Projects
Platts LNG Daily reports that, on Monday, the Canadian Natural Resources Minister, Gary Lunn, announced the establishment of a Major Projects Management Office (MPMO), which will help coordinate the regulatory processes related to energy projects, including LNG import terminals. Lunn noted that MPMO will not affect the respective roles of regulators such as the National Energy...