FERC Agrees to Pay Attorney Fees to Oregon Non-Profit Groups in FOIA Action
Posted on Dec 17, 2009 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Agrees to Pay Attorney Fees to Oregon Non-Profit Groups in FOIA Action
Last month FERC agreed to pay $63,000 in attorney fees and costs to Columbia Riverkeeper and Willamette Riverkeeper, two environmental non-profit groups. The settlement of this issue, available on the PACER system under Docket No. CV 08-936-HU, is part of a broader resolution of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit brought by the two groups seeking the names and addresses of...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Dec 17, 2009 in Environmental, Liquefaction, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
E.ON Italy Sees Trieste LNG Environmental OK By Year End (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription required] Statoil Says Snoehvit LNG Restarting After Repairs (Reuters)
Analysts Suggest U.S. Market Could Attract LNG Cargos on Strength of Henry Hub in 2010
Posted on Dec 17, 2009 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Analysts Suggest U.S. Market Could Attract LNG Cargos on Strength of Henry Hub in 2010
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that analysts with Barclays Capital predict that Henry Hub spot gas forward prices will be stronger than the UK’s National Balancing Point spot values in 2010, potentially attracting more LNG cargos to the United...
New Jersey Governor-Elect Remains Opposed to Safe Harbor Energy LNG Deepwater Port Proposal
Posted on Dec 16, 2009 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on New Jersey Governor-Elect Remains Opposed to Safe Harbor Energy LNG Deepwater Port Proposal
A spokesperson for New Jersey Governor-elect Chris Christie (R) told the Queens Courier that the governor-elect remains opposed to the Safe Harbor Energy LNG deepwater port proposal off the coasts of New Jersey and New York due to concerns regarding the project’s impacts on the state’s coastal...
LNG Vessel Safely in Port Following Grounding Offshore Puerto Rico
Posted on Dec 16, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on LNG Vessel Safely in Port Following Grounding Offshore Puerto Rico
The Associated Press (via Business Week) reports that the LNG vessel Matthew ran aground near Guayanilla off the southern coast of Puerto Rico. A spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard reports that the ship is now in port and no environmental damage was reported as a result of the...