NMFS Official: Agency Not Required to Meet FERC’s Deadline for Review of Bradwood Landing LNG
Posted on Jan 7, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on NMFS Official: Agency Not Required to Meet FERC’s Deadline for Review of Bradwood Landing LNG
Cathy Tortorici, a division chief with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), told the Daily Astorian that her agency is not required to meet a March 8, 2010 deadline to submit its findings on threatened or endangered species that could be affected by the Bradwood Landing LNG project. Tortorici noted that the agency likely would take more than 135 days to complete its analysis...
Cold Weather in United States Spurs Increased LNG Sendout
Posted on Jan 7, 2010 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Cold Weather in United States Spurs Increased LNG Sendout
Reuters reports that two natural gas industry analysts have reported increased LNG sendout from U.S. regasification terminals in recent days due to cold weather. NATS reports that sendout from U.S. LNG terminals totaled nearly 4 Bcf on Tuesday, while analysts with Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. estimated that 3.2 Bcf was sent out on the same day. The report notes, for example,...
CEC Report: Domestic Shale Gas May Displace LNG in California’s Energy Supply Mix
Posted on Jan 7, 2010 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on CEC Report: Domestic Shale Gas May Displace LNG in California’s Energy Supply Mix
The California Energy Commission’s 2009 Integrated Energy Policy Report speculates that natural gas from domestic shale gas plays may displace LNG from California’s future energy supply mix. The report goes on to note that “if private investors are willing to invest in [LNG] facilities without committing taxpayer funds, however, [LNG] should be considered a viable...
Oregon LNG CEO Remains Optimistic on Future of Project
Posted on Jan 6, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Oregon LNG CEO Remains Optimistic on Future of Project
Oregon LNG CEO Peter Hansen told Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] that despite FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff’s recent comments expressing skepticism of new LNG terminals, Hansen expects the Commission to approve his company’s...
Developer Plans to Commence Construction on Bradwood Landing LNG Terminal This Year
Posted on Jan 6, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Developer Plans to Commence Construction on Bradwood Landing LNG Terminal This Year
Paul Soanes, president of NorthernStar Natural Gas, said in a statement that his company plans to begin construction of the Bradwood Landing LNG terminal by the end of the year. However, an activist with LNG-opposition group Columbia Riverkeeper told The Daily News (Longview, Wash.) that NorthernStar’s construction timeframe is...