New York Requests FERC Withdraw Authorization of Broadwater LNG Project
Posted on May 7, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on New York Requests FERC Withdraw Authorization of Broadwater LNG Project
The New York State Department of State (NYSDOS) has renewed its demand that FERC “withdraw or vacate its March 20, 2008, Order authorizing the siting, construction and operation” of the Broadwater LNG import project. The U.S. Secretary of Commerce recently sustained New York State’s Coastal Zone Management Act consistency objection to the project. The NYSDOS’s...
NATS Suggests 2009 U.S. LNG Imports May Approach 2007 Total
Posted on May 7, 2009 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on NATS Suggests 2009 U.S. LNG Imports May Approach 2007 Total
In a market comment released yesterday, NATS suggests that U.S. LNG imports in 2009 may approach, but likely will not reach, the record-setting import total of 2007. NATS says that the size of the expected surge in LNG deliveries to U.S. terminals over the summer will determine whether the 2009 import total reaches the 738 Bcf imported to the United States in 2007. [Subscription...
FERC Issues Conditional Approval for Freeport LNG’s Re-Export, Liquefaction, and Truck Delivery Proposals
Posted on May 7, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Issues Conditional Approval for Freeport LNG’s Re-Export, Liquefaction, and Truck Delivery Proposals
Subject to a number of environmental conditions, FERC has approved Freeport LNG Development, L.P.’s proposal to re-export up to 24 Bcf of foreign-sourced LNG over a two-year period. FERC also approved Freeport’s proposals to add a boil-off gas liquefaction system to its facility and to accept LNG deliveries via truck for the purpose of maintaining its storage tanks in a...
Daily Letters to the Editor
Posted on May 7, 2009 in Marine Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Daily Letters to the Editor
Daily Astorian (Ore.) (Argues that U.S. Congress should incorporate SIGTTO “best practices” into Coast Guard regulations)
Sempra CEO: Commissioning Cargos Expected at Cameron LNG in June
Posted on May 6, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Sempra CEO: Commissioning Cargos Expected at Cameron LNG in June
During a conference call yesterday to discuss his company’s first quarter earnings, Sempra’s Chairman and CEO Donald Felsinger said that commissioning cargos should be delivered to the Cameron LNG import terminal in June and that commercial service will begin at the terminal in the third quarter of this year. Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] provides additional...