Costa Azul to Receive First LNG Shipment
Posted on Feb 1, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Costa Azul to Receive First LNG Shipment
Business News Americas reports that Sempra Energy anticipates that the first shipment of LNG to its Energia Costa Azul terminal will arrive at the end of March. According to a Sempra spokesperson, the terminal then will enter a testing phase and commence commercial operations from...
Daily Letters to the Editor
Posted on Feb 1, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Daily Letters to the Editor
Powell River Peak (Vancouver, Canada) (U.S. market driving WestPac LNG proposal)
Worker Killed at Canaport Construction Site
Posted on Feb 1, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Worker Killed at Canaport Construction Site
The Canadian Press reports that a worker at the Canaport LNG terminal construction site was killed Wednesday evening after falling more than 100 feet while working inside one of the storage tanks at the facility. Saint John city police, the Occupational Health and Safety Board, and Canaport are investigating the...
New Environmental Coalition Opposes LNG in Quebec
Posted on Jan 30, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on New Environmental Coalition Opposes LNG in Quebec
A new campaign to stop construction of the Rabaska LNG terminal near Quebec City was launched yesterday, reports the Globe and Mail, by a coalition of “every major environmental group in the province.” The coalition has asked the Quebec Energy Board to review Quebec’s need for additional natural gas...
Three Expected to Bid for Manzanillo LNG Terminal
Posted on Jan 29, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Financing, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Three Expected to Bid for Manzanillo LNG Terminal
According to a Mexican official, three companies – Union Fenosa, Mitsui, and Mitsubishi – are expected to submit bids by Feb. 7 to build an LNG terminal in Manzanillo. The terminal is expected to come online in 2012. Dow Jones [carried via Energy Central Professional (subscription required)] has...
Canadian Firm Makes Gas Discovery Offshore Tobago
Posted on Jan 23, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, Pipelines | Comments Off on Canadian Firm Makes Gas Discovery Offshore Tobago
Citing an anonymous industry source, Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that Petro-Canada has made a gas discovery offshore Tobago with possible reserves of nearly 1 Tcf. Petro-Canada has plans for developing a series of gas wells off Tobago’s north...