Maryland Challenges Commerce Department’s Decision to Overrule CZMA Objection to Sparrows Point LNG Project
Posted on May 11, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Maryland Challenges Commerce Department’s Decision to Overrule CZMA Objection to Sparrows Point LNG Project
On Friday Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland to challenge the U.S. Department of Commerce’s ruling on the state’s objection to the AES Sparrows Point LNG project. The complaint requests that the court reverse then-Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez’s decision to overrule...
FERC Authorizes Construction at Freeport LNG’s Boil-off Gas Re-Liquefaction, Export Facilities
Posted on May 11, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Authorizes Construction at Freeport LNG’s Boil-off Gas Re-Liquefaction, Export Facilities
On Friday FERC authorized Freeport LNG Development, LP to begin construction on the boil-off gas re-liquefaction and LNG export facilities planned for the Freeport LNG terminal. The authorization is available in the Commission’s eLibrary under Docket No....
TransCanada to Build Pipeline Associated with Manzanillo LNG
Posted on May 8, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on TransCanada to Build Pipeline Associated with Manzanillo LNG
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that TransCanada was successful in its bid to build, own, and operate the 193-mile Guadalajara Pipeline that will transport gas imported to the Manzanillo LNG terminal to the city of...
Neptune LNG Seeks One-Year Authorization for Incidental “Harassment” of Marine Mammals
Posted on May 8, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Neptune LNG Seeks One-Year Authorization for Incidental “Harassment” of Marine Mammals
Neptune LNG, LLC has requested a one-year authorization from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to potentially disturb or injure marine mammals as the company completes construction and begins commercial operation of its LNG deepwater port. The notice of the application and request for public comments, available in today’s Federal Register, notes that NMFS currently is...
Analysts: Delays at Liquefaction Projects Could Moderate Expected Increase in LNG Imports to U.S. Terminals
Posted on May 8, 2009 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Analysts: Delays at Liquefaction Projects Could Moderate Expected Increase in LNG Imports to U.S. Terminals
Analysts with Bernstein said in a research note published yesterday that delayed commercial operations at several liquefaction projects around the world, including the QatarGas II Train 5, Indonesia’s Tangguh, and the Sakhalin II Train 2 facility in Russia, could moderate the expected increase in LNG delivered to U.S. terminals. Reuters provides further...