MARAD Receives Amended Application for TORP’s Bienville LNG Deepwater Port Project
Posted on Aug 5, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on MARAD Receives Amended Application for TORP’s Bienville LNG Deepwater Port Project
In today’s Federal Register MARAD acknowledges that it has received from TORP Terminal LP an amended application for the planned Bienville LNG deepwater port. The amended application describes the project’s new “closed-loop” regasification system. The U.S. Coast Guard and MARAD will prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement as part of the review of...
Weaver’s Cove Updates FERC on Environmental Impact Mitigation Discussions
Posted on Aug 4, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove Updates FERC on Environmental Impact Mitigation Discussions
Weaver’s Cove Energy, LLC submitted a letter to FERC yesterday updating the Commission on discussions with various federal and state agencies regarding the project’s environmental impact mitigation plan. Specifically, the filing notes that a number of agencies involved in these discussions “took umbrage” with the updated mitigation plan submitted to FERC last...
Industry Consultant: LNG Will Help Plug Natural Gas Supply Gap for Northeast Market During Sable Island Outage
Posted on Aug 4, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Industry Consultant: LNG Will Help Plug Natural Gas Supply Gap for Northeast Market During Sable Island Outage
Energy industry consultant Tom Woods told Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] that he expects LNG imports, particularly from the Canaport LNG import terminal, will help plug the natural gas supply gap in the U.S. Northeast during the planned outage of the Sable Island gas field beginning later this month. Woods believes that existing storage inventories will make up some of the...
FERC Okays Construction of Gulf LNG Sendout Pipeline
Posted on Aug 4, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Okays Construction of Gulf LNG Sendout Pipeline
Yesterday FERC approved Gulf LNG Pipeline, LLC’s request to begin construction of a natural gas sendout pipeline associated with the Gulf LNG import project. The Commission’s letter order is available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Aug 4, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
National Grid Considering Another Expansion of Isle of Grain LNG Terminal (Wall Street Journal) Commissioning Cargo Expected at Adriatic LNG Terminal This Week (Reuters) Gaz System Plans to Double Regasification Capacity of Polskie LNG Terminal...