U.S. Ambassador to Qatar Visits Golden Pass LNG Site
Posted on May 12, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on U.S. Ambassador to Qatar Visits Golden Pass LNG Site
The Peninsula (Doha, Qatar) reports that Joseph LeBaron, U.S. ambassador to Qatar, visited the site of the Golden Pass LNG import project.
Spokesperson for Maine’s Governor Says State Can Have Both Energy Corridor and LNG Projects
Posted on May 12, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Spokesperson for Maine’s Governor Says State Can Have Both Energy Corridor and LNG Projects
A spokesperson for Maine Governor John Baldacci (R) told the Bangor Daily News that the energy corridor proposed between Maine and New Brunswick and the planned LNG projects in Maine are not mutually exclusive. The spokesperson said, “it would be [a] dangerous thing to hold up projects [like the energy corridor] at the expense of others [like...
Repsol Executive: North American Gas Prices to have Limited Impact on Cargo Deliveries to Canaport LNG Terminal
Posted on May 12, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Repsol Executive: North American Gas Prices to have Limited Impact on Cargo Deliveries to Canaport LNG Terminal
Platts Gas Daily [subscription required] reports that Denis Marcoux, vice president of Repsol Canada, told attendees at the Camput 2009 conference that North American natural gas prices will have only a limited impact on LNG cargo delivers to the Canaport regasification terminal. Separately, CBC reports that Canaport LNG has almost completed its jetty, leaving cleanup and painting left...
Cheniere Urges FERC to Authorize Re-Export Proposal
Posted on May 12, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Cheniere Urges FERC to Authorize Re-Export Proposal
Patricia Outtrim, vice president of government affairs for Cheniere Energy, Inc., filed a letter with FERC last week urging the Commission to authorize Cheniere’s proposal to re-export LNG from its Sabine Pass LNG terminal. The letter states that “Sabine Pass LNG has had several significant commercial LNG opportunities that it has had to forego due to the delay in...
Positive Environmental Assessment Released for Cove Point LNG’s Pier Reinforcement Project
Posted on May 11, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Positive Environmental Assessment Released for Cove Point LNG’s Pier Reinforcement Project
On Friday FERC released its Environmental Assessment (EA) for Dominion Cove Point LNG LP’s pier reinforcement project. FERC staff concluded that “approval of the proposed project, with appropriate mitigating measures, would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.” The EA is available in the FERC eLibrary...