European LNG Headlines
Posted on Oct 20, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Italy’s Adriatic LNG Terminal At Full Capacity by Year End (Reuters) Edison Sees Enough Italian LNG Demand for New Plant (Reuters) (via Forbes.com) Planned Maintenance Reduces Capacity at Italy’s Panigaglia LNG Terminal (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription...
Amendment to Coast Guard Authorization Could Impact LNG Terminals
Posted on Oct 20, 2009 in Marine Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Amendment to Coast Guard Authorization Could Impact LNG Terminals
Section 1117 of H.R. 3619, the funding authorization bill for the U.S. Coast Guard as passed by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, would require the Coast Guard to certify the security of vessels carrying “especially hazardous materials” before a terminal accepting this kind of cargo is built or any new security plan is approved. The Coast Guard...
Quintana Councilman Asks FERC to Halt Truck Deliveries of LNG to Freeport Terminal
Posted on Oct 19, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Quintana Councilman Asks FERC to Halt Truck Deliveries of LNG to Freeport Terminal
Last week Qunitana Councilman Harold Doty requested that FERC stop deliveries of LNG via truck to the Freeport LNG terminal, stating that the facility no longer requires LNG delivered by truck. However, a spokesperson for Freeport LNG said that although the storage tanks at the facility are full at present, the company still needs the flexibility to bring LNG to the facility by truck....
Jordan Cove LNG Requests FERC Address Application at November Meeting
Posted on Oct 19, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Jordan Cove LNG Requests FERC Address Application at November Meeting
Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P. and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, LP filed a joint request last Friday that FERC address the two complementary applications at the Commission’s November meeting. The applicants argue that the “regulatory uncertainty created by the Commission’s delay” in making a decision on these applications hurts the projects, the communities the projects will...
Third Circuit Court of Appeals Hears Oral Arguments in Dispute Over Cameron LNG Site
Posted on Oct 16, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Third Circuit Court of Appeals Hears Oral Arguments in Dispute Over Cameron LNG Site
The Louisiana Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard oral arguments earlier this week regarding the ongoing dispute between the Ports of Lake Charles and West Cameron over the site of the Cameron LNG terminal. The Port of Lake Charles owns the site and leases the land to Sempra LNG for the Cameron LNG terminal. However, the site is located within the Port of West Cameron, which...