Editorial: Weaver’s Cove LNG Would Have No Effect on Bringing America’s Cup Yacht Race to Narragansett Bay
Posted on Mar 2, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: Weaver’s Cove LNG Would Have No Effect on Bringing America’s Cup Yacht Race to Narragansett Bay
An editorial carried by the Providence Journal argues that the Weaver’s Cove LNG import project, if constructed, would have no effect on efforts to bring the America’s Cup yacht race to Narragansett...
Sandia Laboratory Updating and Expanding LNG Safety Studies
Posted on Mar 1, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Sandia Laboratory Updating and Expanding LNG Safety Studies
The Sandia National Laboratories are updating and expanding their previous studies of LNG safety issues. Specifically, the new studies will analyze the potential effects of large LNG spills and cascading storage tank failures aboard LNG vessels. According to Platts LNG Daily, the report is not expected until the end of 2010. [Subscription...
Kitimat CEO Hails KOGAS Investment in British Columbian Natural Gas
Posted on Mar 1, 2010 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Kitimat CEO Hails KOGAS Investment in British Columbian Natural Gas
Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) announced yesterday that it will invest $1.1 billion in natural gas production in British Columbia, Canada, over the next five years. Kitimat LNG CEO Rosemary Boulton told the Globe and Mail that the investment “validates” investments in the Kitimat LNG liquefaction terminal, although KOGAS and Kitimat LNG have not entered into any...
Grand Bahama Power Pursuing LNG Project
Posted on Mar 1, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Grand Bahama Power Pursuing LNG Project
Alan Kelley, CEO of Grand Bahama Power Co., said recently that his company is pursuing an LNG import project on Grand Bahama Island. Kelley said that LNG imports would facilitate industrial growth and lower fuel costs for electricity generation. Read more in The Tribune (Nassau,...
Freeport LNG Donation Pays for Fire Extinguisher Training Pit
Posted on Mar 1, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Freeport LNG Donation Pays for Fire Extinguisher Training Pit
The Facts reports that a $12,000 donation from Freeport LNG to Freeport Fire and EMS paid for a new fire extinguisher training pit. The training pit can be transported around the community for fire safety demonstrations and...