Weaver’s Cove Answers Request for Rehearing Submitted by City of Fall River, Mass. Attorney General
Posted on Oct 21, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove Answers Request for Rehearing Submitted by City of Fall River, Mass. Attorney General
Yesterday Weaver’s Cove Energy, LLC and Mill River Pipeline, LLC filed a motion for leave to answer and an answer to a request for rehearing filed by the City of Fall River, Mass., and the Massachusetts attorney general. The answer addresses several of the requestors’ arguments, including their contention that FERC acted improperly when it determined that Weaver’s...
LNVA Wants to Provide Additional Water to LNG Terminals on Texas Gulf Coast
Posted on Oct 21, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on LNVA Wants to Provide Additional Water to LNG Terminals on Texas Gulf Coast
The Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Texas) reports that the Lower Neches Valley Authority (LNVA) has proposed securing additional fresh water resources for existing and proposed LNG terminals along the Texas Gulf Coast as part of the Draft 2011 Regional Water Plan. Critics of the proposal argue that using fresh water for regasification and other industrial purposes at these facilities is not...
Gazprom Could Ship Most of LNG from Shtokman to North America
Posted on Oct 21, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Gazprom Could Ship Most of LNG from Shtokman to North America
John Hattenberger, president of Gazprom Marketing & Trading USA Inc., told Bloomberg this week that Gazprom may ship as much as 80-90% of the gas produced from the Shtokman project to North America as LNG. Hattenberger said that the company hopes to conclude 20-year contracts to access regasification capacity at U.S. East and Gulf Coast LNG terminals in the first half of next year....
Federal District Court Grants Sparrows Point LNG’s, Mid-Atlantic Express’ Motion to Intervene in Pending Litigation
Posted on Oct 21, 2009 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Federal District Court Grants Sparrows Point LNG’s, Mid-Atlantic Express’ Motion to Intervene in Pending Litigation
On Monday, Judge Richard D. Bennett of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland granted a motion filed by AES Sparrows Point LNG, LLC and Mid-Atlantic Express, L.L.C. to intervene in the ongoing litigation between the Maryland Department of the Environment and the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the Department’s decision overturning the State’s rejection...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Oct 21, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
RWE Exits Adria LNG Consortium On Review of LNG Operations (Wall Street Journal) [subscription required]