Enbridge CEO: Negotiations Moving Forward with Gazprom on Rabaska LNG Project
Posted on Nov 17, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Enbridge CEO: Negotiations Moving Forward with Gazprom on Rabaska LNG Project
In an interview with the Calgary Herald, Enbridge CEO Pat Daniel said that plans to bring Gazprom into the Rabaska LNG regasification project as the terminal’s supplier and as an equity partner remain...
T&T Contracts for LNG Destined for Everett Terminal May Expire Next Spring
Posted on Nov 14, 2008 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on T&T Contracts for LNG Destined for Everett Terminal May Expire Next Spring
Two gas supply contracts between suppliers Gas Natural and Gas de Euskadi and Everett LNG terminal owner GDF Suez are set to expire next spring, which would end one of the two long-term LNG flows into the United States. World Gas Intelligence [subscription required] reports that a source close to Gas Natural said that due to the relatively low price of natural gas in the United States,...
Mass. Attorney General’s Office Responds to Weaver’s Cove
Posted on Nov 14, 2008 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Mass. Attorney General’s Office Responds to Weaver’s Cove
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s office responded yesterday to a November 4 filing by Weaver’s Cove LNG on the issue of whether the decision by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to sustain Massachusetts’ objection to the project’s consistency with the state’s Coastal Zone Management Plan should prevent FERC from issuing further approvals for the proposed...
Poll: 77% of Saint John-area Residents Not Disturbed by Gas Pipeline Construction
Posted on Nov 13, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Poll: 77% of Saint John-area Residents Not Disturbed by Gas Pipeline Construction
A poll commissioned by the Telegraph-Journal (Saint John, N.B.) found that 77% of residents in and around Saint John, New Brunswick, say that they have not been disturbed by the construction of the Brunswick Pipeline, a gas pipeline associated with the Canaport LNG...
FERC Determines Pre-Filing Process Not Required for Freeport LNG Re-Export
Posted on Nov 13, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Determines Pre-Filing Process Not Required for Freeport LNG Re-Export
In a letter issued today, FERC told Freeport LNG that the company’s proposal to modify its facility in order to re-export imported LNG will not be subject to the mandatory pre-filing process applicable to new LNG terminals. FERC notes that the proposed “change of use of the facility does not appear to involve significant safety considerations that have not been previously...