Woodfibre LNG and China’s Guangzhou Gas Group Sign Preliminary Offtake Agreement for B.C. LNG Supplies
Posted on Sep 26, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Woodfibre LNG and China’s Guangzhou Gas Group Sign Preliminary Offtake Agreement for B.C. LNG Supplies
Reuters reports that Woodfibre LNG (Woodfibre) has signed a preliminary offtake agreement with Chinese gas distributor Guangzhou Gas Group Co. Ltd (Guangzhou) for LNG supplies from Woodfibre’s proposed LNG terminal near Squamish, British Columbia (B.C.). The article states that under the agreement, Woodfibre will provide 1 million tonnes of LNG per year, approximately half of the LNG...
Oregon Again Delays Coastal Zone Management Act Consistency Review for Another 90 Days
Posted on Sep 26, 2014 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon Again Delays Coastal Zone Management Act Consistency Review for Another 90 Days
The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) and Oregon LNG have entered into an agreement for a further stay until January 28, 2015, of DLCD’s decision under the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) on whether Oregon LNG’s proposed LNG import and export terminal is consistent with Oregon’s Coastal Management Plan. The agreement states that additional stays of CZMA...
B.C. Discounts Petronas Threat to Call Off LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Sep 25, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on B.C. Discounts Petronas Threat to Call Off LNG Export Terminal
The Globe and Mail reports that Petronas CEO Shamsul Abbas’s statement that he is “ready to call off” the proposed Pacific Northwest LNG export terminal project in British Columbia could be a negotiating tactic, according to Rich Coleman, B.C.’s Minister of Natural Gas Development. Abbas’s statement was in apparent frustration with the lengthy regulatory approval process, the...
Pivotal LNG to Sell LNG to Carib Energy for Transport to Puerto Rico
Posted on Sep 24, 2014 in Marine Regulation | Comments Off on Pivotal LNG to Sell LNG to Carib Energy for Transport to Puerto Rico
Pivotal LNG, Inc. (“Pivotal”) has announced that it has entered into a long-term agreement to sell LNG to Crowley Maritime Corp. (“Crowley”) subsidiary Carib Energy LLC (“Carib”), for use by Carib’s customers in Puerto Rico. According to the press release, the LNG would be transported from Pivotal’s facilities via ISO containers loaded onto trucks to Crowley’s...
LNG Export Terminal Possible for Galveston
Posted on Sep 24, 2014 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on LNG Export Terminal Possible for Galveston
Petro Global News reports that officials from the Port of Galveston, Texas agreed Monday to reserve 185 acres at the port’s Pelican Island site for a proposed $6 billion LNG export facility being planned by Texas-based NextDecade Energy (“NextDecade”). According to the report, NextDecade will pay $100,000 to hold the site for the next six months, subject to extension, while the company...