Protesters Object to Rabaska LNG Decision
Posted on Oct 29, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Protesters Object to Rabaska LNG Decision
The Globe and Mail reports that more than 1,000 protesters marched on the Quebec National Assembly yesterday, accusing the Quebec provincial government of bending to the desires of the Power Corporation of Canada by approving the Rabaska LNG proposal. According to the news report, 25 environmental and cultural groups participated in the protest and further protests are planned in...
Mexico Considers Overseas Investment to Ensure LNG Supply
Posted on Oct 26, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Mexico Considers Overseas Investment to Ensure LNG Supply
Reuters reports that Juan Granados Zuniga, an executive with Mexico’s Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), said that Mexico may consider investing in overseas gas wells and liquefaction projects to ensure future LNG supplies. “That’s in the long term…[p]lanning in Mexico takes a long time,” Granado Zuniga noted. CFE expects to build an LNG import...
Daily Letters to the Editor
Posted on Oct 25, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Technology | Comments Off on Daily Letters to the Editor
Powell River Peak (British Columbia, Canada) (opposed to WestPac LNG)Press-Register (Mobile, Ala.) (Bienville LNG)
Op-Ed: WestPac LNG Encourages Public Input
Posted on Oct 25, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Op-Ed: WestPac LNG Encourages Public Input
In an op-ed carried by the Powell River Peak (British Columbia, Canada), WestPac LNG president Mark Butler encourages members of the public to contact the company with concerns about the proposed terminal. He says that WestPac LNG is “absolutely committed to public consultation and [a] meaningful fact-based dialogue” regarding the project. Butler’s piece responds to...
Rabaska LNG Terminal Approved by Provincial Government
Posted on Oct 25, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Rabaska LNG Terminal Approved by Provincial Government
The Globe and Mail reports that the Rabaska LNG terminal proposed for a site near Quebec City has been approved by the provincial government of Quebec. The approval overrules a recent decision by the province’s Commission de protection du territoire agricole (agriculture commission) to oppose the project. Rabaska is the second LNG terminal approved by the province in recent...
Gazprom May Supply Rabaska LNG Project
Posted on Oct 24, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Gazprom May Supply Rabaska LNG Project
Citing a Rabaska LNG project manager, Martin Imbleau, Reuters reports that Gazprom may join the project as an LNG supplier once investment levels are finalized for the Shtokman and Baltic LNG projects. Imbleau also suggested that Canadian destinations could be more attractive than American terminals for Gazprom because Canadian ports are closer to Russian liquefaction...