Park Service Asks FERC to Consider Impacts of Oregon LNG Terminal on Lewis and Clark Trail
Posted on Nov 14, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Park Service Asks FERC to Consider Impacts of Oregon LNG Terminal on Lewis and Clark Trail
The U.S. National Park Service filed comments asking FERC to consider the impacts of Oregon LNG’s proposed export terminal and related pipeline on the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, including the impacts on the safety of Trail visitors and on area cultural and environmental resources. The comments can be found on eLibrary under Docket No....
Japan Looks to Create LNG Futures Market
Posted on Nov 14, 2012 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Japan Looks to Create LNG Futures Market
According to an article in the The Yomiuri Shimbun, the Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry announced that it was consulting with electricity and gas utilities and trading companies to establish an LNG futures market in an effort to lower the price of LNG imports. The futures market could be implemented as early as...
Sierra Club Requests that DOE Employ Modeling Program to Assess Impacts of LNG Exports on Shale Gas Production
Posted on Nov 12, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sierra Club Requests that DOE Employ Modeling Program to Assess Impacts of LNG Exports on Shale Gas Production
Sierra Club has requested that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) employ its National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) to assess the implications of LNG exports on shale gas production. Sierra Club argues that NEMS is specifically designed to project how supply will respond to demand and that use of NEMS will refute DOE’s statements in its order approving Sabine Pass’s LNG...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Nov 12, 2012 in Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
DNV Assists Belgium Take the Next Step Towards LNG Bunkering (DNV)
Pricing Key to BC LNG Exports
Posted on Nov 9, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Pricing Key to BC LNG Exports
An article in the Financial Post discusses the dilemma facing British Columbia LNG export terminal developers: long term LNG contracts linked to oil prices are essential to support development of LNG export terminals, but Asian LNG buyers want LNG contract prices to be linked to North American natural gas prices instead. On a related topic, research and consulting firm, Wood Mackenzie,...