Port Officials Seek Federal Funding for Cargo Dock Berth Proposed for Jordan Cove LNG Site
Posted on Oct 16, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Port Officials Seek Federal Funding for Cargo Dock Berth Proposed for Jordan Cove LNG Site
Officials with the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay have filed an application to receive a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant for $45.3 million to build a cargo dock berth at the west end of the slip dock at the planned Jordan Cove LNG facility. The World (Coos Bay, Ore.) reports that building the dock during construction of the slip for LNG vessels will...
Citigroup Sells First LNG Cargo on Spot Market
Posted on Oct 16, 2009 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Citigroup Sells First LNG Cargo on Spot Market
Citigroup Inc. has sold its first LNG cargo on the spot market to GDF Suez. Sources told Reuters that the cargo, aboard the LNG vessel Golar Arctic, may be offloaded at the Everett LNG terminal in...
FERC Appeals Decision on FOIA Request Regarding Palomar Gas Pipeline Proposal
Posted on Oct 15, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Appeals Decision on FOIA Request Regarding Palomar Gas Pipeline Proposal
FERC has filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on a ruling this summer by a federal magistrate requiring FERC to comply with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of two environmental groups regarding the Palomar natural gas pipeline project. The FOIA request seeks mailing lists used by FERC to notify landowners along the planned route of...
Development of Casotte Landing LNG Terminal Terminated by Chevron
Posted on Oct 15, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Development of Casotte Landing LNG Terminal Terminated by Chevron
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that Chevron has informed FERC that it has stopped development of the Casotte Landing LNG terminal project planned for the Mississippi Gulf Coast. According to Platts, Chevron cited changing dynamics in the international LNG trade as well as sufficient LNG regasification capacity in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico region as the reasons for...
Oregon LNG Files Report on Habitats of Two Endangered Species Potentially Impacted by LNG Project
Posted on Oct 14, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Oregon LNG Files Report on Habitats of Two Endangered Species Potentially Impacted by LNG Project
Yesterday the developers of the Oregon LNG import project filed a report with FERC regarding two endangered species of bird whose habitat may be affected by the planned LNG project. Find the report in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....