Analysts: Price Spread Between U.S. and U.K. Markets Will Lower U.S. LNG Imports
Posted on Jul 28, 2008 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Analysts: Price Spread Between U.S. and U.K. Markets Will Lower U.S. LNG Imports
Platts Gas Daily reports that several natural gas market analysts expect that the expanded price spread between the U.S. and U.K. gas markets will trim U.S. LNG imports for the rest of the year. [Subscription...
U.S. House Defeats Measure That Would Have Removed Brightman Street Bridge
Posted on Jul 25, 2008 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on U.S. House Defeats Measure That Would Have Removed Brightman Street Bridge
The Fall River Herald News (Mass.) reports that the U.S. House of Representatives voted against a measure proposed by U.S. Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) that would have required any bridge on the U.S. highway system determined to be structurally deficient and recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard as an impediment to navigation to be removed once a replacement bridge has been constructed....
U.S. DOE Releases Analysis of Spills Over Water from Large LNG Carriers
Posted on Jul 25, 2008 in Safety & Security | Comments Off on U.S. DOE Releases Analysis of Spills Over Water from Large LNG Carriers
The U.S. Department of Energy this afternoon released a report by Sandia National Laboratories that assesses the hazards of potential spills over water from large LNG vessels. According to the report, the thermal hazard distances resulting from a spill from a large capacity LNG vessel at a near-shore facility are about 7-8% greater than the distances associated with a smaller vessel....
Taunton River Measure Could Prompt Similar Efforts to Oppose LNG Projects
Posted on Jul 25, 2008 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Taunton River Measure Could Prompt Similar Efforts to Oppose LNG Projects
Energy Washington [subscription required] reports that legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives designating portions of the Taunton River as “wild and scenic” and potentially impacting the Weaver’s Cove LNG terminal project could prompt similar legislative efforts to oppose LNG projects across the...
Safe Harbor LNG Project Faces Opposition
Posted on Jul 25, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Safe Harbor LNG Project Faces Opposition
Long Island Business News offers coverage of local opposition facing the proposed Safe Harbor LNG terminal.