European LNG Headlines
Posted on Mar 16, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Milford Haven Port Strike Off as Row Resolved (BBC)
WGL, Dominion Present Oral Arguments to D.C. Circuit Over Cove Point Expansion
Posted on Mar 15, 2010 in Gas Composition, Litigation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on WGL, Dominion Present Oral Arguments to D.C. Circuit Over Cove Point Expansion
Lawyers for Washington Gas Light (WGL), FERC and Dominion presented oral arguments over the Cove Point LNG terminal Expansion Project to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. WGL argued that the Expansion Project would increase flows of regasified LNG on WGL’s distribution system, and those flows could cause damage to their equipment. FERC responded by emphasizing that...
Former Alaskan Senator Advocating Export of North Slope Gas to Asia
Posted on Mar 15, 2010 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Former Alaskan Senator Advocating Export of North Slope Gas to Asia
Revising his previous position on a natural gas pipeline that would transport gas from Alaska’s North Slope through Canada to markets in the lower 48 states, former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens is now advocating for North Slope gas to be piped to Kenai or Valdez on the Alaskan Pacific coast and exported to Asia as LNG. As reported by the Anchorage Daily News, Stevens no longer...
FERC Approves Construction Plan for Cove Point Pier Reinforcement Project
Posted on Mar 15, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Approves Construction Plan for Cove Point Pier Reinforcement Project
Late last week FERC approved Cove Point LNG’s implementation plan and granted the company’s request to begin construction of the Pier Reinforcement Project. In its letter authorizing construction, FERC noted that Cove Point LNG has “complied with all pre-construction conditions” of the Commission’s order authorizing the project last July. The authorization...
Repsol: First LNG Delivery to Manzanillo in Late 2011
Posted on Mar 12, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Repsol: First LNG Delivery to Manzanillo in Late 2011
Benjamin Palomo Sanz, head of Repsol’s LNG operations, told Business Week that he expects the initial cargos of LNG to be delivered to the Manzanillo LNG terminal in Mexico by the end of...