Quoddy Bay Official Claims Canadian Study Not Necessary for Coast Guard Review
Posted on Jul 13, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Quoddy Bay Official Claims Canadian Study Not Necessary for Coast Guard Review
Brian Smith, project manager for Quoddy Bay LNG, says the Coast Guard’s letter informing FERC that it cannot finish its Waterway Suitability Assessment without data from Canada does not present an insurmountable obstacle for the project. “We will point out to the Coast Guard we can’t fulfill that criteria but you know, the United States is not going to give up its...
Canadian Liberal Leader Says More Investigation Needed on Rabaska Terminal
Posted on Jul 12, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Canadian Liberal Leader Says More Investigation Needed on Rabaska Terminal
The Montreal Gazette reports that federal Liberal leader Stephane Dion told a meeting of environmentalists that he believes more investigation is needed, specifically on maritime safety issues, before the proposed Rabaska LNG terminal in Quebec receives final...
Expert: Canadian Exports to United States Likely to Decrease Dramatically by 2015
Posted on Jul 11, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Expert: Canadian Exports to United States Likely to Decrease Dramatically by 2015
Bill Gwozd, senior vice president for gas services of Canadian consulting firm Ziff Energy, told World Gas Intelligence that Canadian exports to the United States will likely decrease from 9.7 Bcf/d in 2006 to between 5 and 6 Bcf/d by 2015. Gwozd also predicted that the drop in exports will compel Americans in the Northeast to import more overseas LNG rather than rely on gas supplies...
Salt Cavern Storage Facility for Regasified LNG Proposed in Eastern Canada
Posted on Jul 11, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Storage | Comments Off on Salt Cavern Storage Facility for Regasified LNG Proposed in Eastern Canada
Alton Natural Gas Storage filed an environmental assessment with the Nova Scotia Environment and Labour Department last Friday for a salt cavern storage facility to be located near the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline. Explaining the growing need for such storage facilities, one analyst told Platts LNG Daily, “[s]toring LNG in an LNG terminal is very expensive. You really want to...
Critics Mobilize to Oppose Rabaska Terminal
Posted on Jul 10, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Critics Mobilize to Oppose Rabaska Terminal
The Montreal Gazette reports that critics of the planned Rabaska LNG terminal near Quebec have dubbed the project “Suroit II,” in reference to a proposed power plant that environmentalists successfully opposed in 2004. The opposition’s leader, former environment minister Thomas Mulcair, said, “We are looking at a project that is for the American market. Why are...
Rabaska LNG Proposal Receives Positive Response from Canadian Risk Assessment Panel
Posted on Jul 9, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Rabaska LNG Proposal Receives Positive Response from Canadian Risk Assessment Panel
The Rabaska LNG terminal proposal for Lévis, Quebec, received provisional approval from a joint Canadian-Quebec panel, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency announced in a press release. The panel released its report Thursday and cited two major concerns: safety and security and integrating the project’s port and facilities into the zone under development. The panel also...