Canadian Appeals Court Upholds Brunswick Pipeline Decision
Posted on Sep 21, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Litigation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canadian Appeals Court Upholds Brunswick Pipeline Decision
Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a request by a local environmental group to overturn regulatory approval granted to Emera to build a gas pipeline from Canaport LNG to the Canada-U.S. border. The pipeline route will pass through Rockwood Park, in Saint John, New Brunswick, which prompted the appeal. The Associated Press (carried via Energy Central...
Canadian Firm Unlikely to Face Same Fate as Repsol in Algeria
Posted on Sep 20, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, E&P, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Canadian Firm Unlikely to Face Same Fate as Repsol in Algeria
Chief executive Rick Anderson of First Calgary Petroleums Ltd., a Canadian gas production firm, told the Globe and Mail that he does not expect his company to face challenges similar to those leading to the forced exodus of Repsol YPF from Algeria’s Gassi Touli LNG project. Algerian-owned Sonatrach “won’t come after us. Our own project is on very favorable terms with...
Construction on Maple LNG Project Expected to Commence in Spring 2008
Posted on Sep 19, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Construction on Maple LNG Project Expected to Commence in Spring 2008
Officials with Maple LNG announced yesterday that construction on the regasification terminal is scheduled to commence in the Spring of 2008 after all necessary permits are secured. Negotiations with LNG suppliers are expected to begin in January 2008. Kevin Dunn, president of Maple LNG partner Keltic Petrochemicals, said, “[t]he LNG supply will certainly be there when the plant...
Mexican Authorities Approve Repsol’s Bid to Supply LNG to Manzanillo Project
Posted on Sep 19, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Mexican Authorities Approve Repsol’s Bid to Supply LNG to Manzanillo Project
Dow Jones (carried via Energy Central Professional [subscription required]) reports that Mexico’s Comision Federal de Electricidad has approved Repsol YPF’s bid to supply LNG to the Manzanillo regasification terminal proposed for the Pacific coast of...
Excelerate, Suez Energy On Board with Newfoundland LNG Storage Project
Posted on Sep 17, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Storage | Comments Off on Excelerate, Suez Energy On Board with Newfoundland LNG Storage Project
The Packet (Newfoundland) reports that Excelerate Energy and Suez Energy have agreed to store some of their LNG supplies at the proposed Newfoundland LNG facility at Grassy Point in Newfoundland, Canada. Excelerate’s VP of Operations explained, “although the Newfoundland project is about two days sailing from our Northeast Gateway port facility, and six days from our Gulf...
Quoddy Bay LNG Will Pursue LNG Tanker Access to Head Harbour Passage
Posted on Sep 14, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Quoddy Bay LNG Will Pursue LNG Tanker Access to Head Harbour Passage
Brian Smith, project manager for the Quoddy Bay LNG project proposed for Passamaquoddy Bay, told the Chronicle Herald (Nova Scotia, Canada) that his company’s position regarding LNG tanker traffic remains unchanged despite the possibility that Canada will enact regulations to prohibit LNG tankers from transiting the Head Harbour Passage. Smith claims that “[i]nternational...