BG Executive: U.S. LNG Export Uncertainty Possibly Affecting Global Gas Development
Posted on Oct 26, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on BG Executive: U.S. LNG Export Uncertainty Possibly Affecting Global Gas Development
According to The Economic Times, BG Group Chief Operating Officer Martin Houston said that uncertainty surrounding the U.S. Department of Energy’s policy on U.S. LNG exports may be causing LNG buyers to hesitate to enter into LNG supply contracts, resulting in delays to gas development projects around the...
Senator Murkowski Meets with North Slope Producers on LNG Terminal Plans
Posted on Oct 25, 2012 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Senator Murkowski Meets with North Slope Producers on LNG Terminal Plans
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) met this week with senior executives from BP America, BP Exploration Alaska, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil Production Company to discuss their plans on developing Alaska’s North Slope gas supplies and exporting those supplies as LNG to Asian nations. Murkowski stated that North Slope gas supplies must be priced competitively and that the window of...
Oregon Court Affirms County’s Authority to Revoke Land Use Permit for Oregon LNG Terminal Feeder Pipeline
Posted on Oct 25, 2012 in Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon Court Affirms County’s Authority to Revoke Land Use Permit for Oregon LNG Terminal Feeder Pipeline
Oregon Live reports that the Oregon Court of Appeals issued an opinion affirming a lower court’s ruling that the court had no jurisdiction over the Clatsop County, Ore. Board of Commissioners’ decision to withdraw a land use approval, which permitted a natural gas pipeline to traverse the county to serve a proposed Oregon LNG terminal. In March 2011, the newly elected...
Canada’s Rejection of Progress Energy Takeover Puts Cloud Over LNG Terminal Plans
Posted on Oct 25, 2012 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Canada’s Rejection of Progress Energy Takeover Puts Cloud Over LNG Terminal Plans
The Canadian federal government’s rejection of Malaysian company Petronas’ proposed takeover of Progress Energy puzzles British Columbia’s Energy Minister Rich Coleman, who was counting on Petronas to develop Progress’s Montney gas field and construct an LNG export terminal near Prince Rupert. Read more in the Vancouver Sun...
Senator Wyden Asks for DOE LNG Export Criteria
Posted on Oct 24, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Senator Wyden Asks for DOE LNG Export Criteria
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu requesting an “all-inclusive description of the factors” DOE will use in deciding whether to approve or revoke a supplier’s LNG export authority. Read more in the Hill...