Petro-Canada Talking with Geographically Diverse Suppliers for Gros Cacouna LNG Project
Posted on Jun 19, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Petro-Canada Talking with Geographically Diverse Suppliers for Gros Cacouna LNG Project
Dow Jones Energy Service (carried via LexisNexis, subscription required) reports on Petro-Canada executive vice president Peter Kallos saying that the company is pursuing LNG supplies from sources other than Russia, including Algeria, Trinidad, and the Persian Gulf, for its Gros Cacouna LNG facility. However, Kallos maintained that Russia’s Gazprom remains the top candidate,...
U.S. Consumers’ Demand Spurs New Brunswick LNG Project
Posted on Jun 19, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on U.S. Consumers’ Demand Spurs New Brunswick LNG Project
Gary Bischof, president of Canaport LNG, cited U.S. consumers’ demand for natural gas as the motivating factor for pursuing the Canaport LNG project to be located outside Saint John, New Brunswick. Bischof also noted New Brunswick’s proximity to the world’s gas and oil supply make it a more attractive destination than the U.S. Gulf Coast. The Chronicle Herald (New...
Daily Letters to the Editor
Posted on Jun 18, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Daily Letters to the Editor
Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick, Canada) (opposed to LNG proposals for Passamaquoddy Bay) [Subscription required]
New Brunswick Premier in France to Encourage Investment in Energy Projects
Posted on Jun 18, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on New Brunswick Premier in France to Encourage Investment in Energy Projects
New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham traveled to Paris to encourage European energy firms to invest in projects as part of the province’s bid to become the east coast’s energy hub. Specifically, Premier Graham met with the director general of Gaz de France to pledge his support for a natural gas pipeline that would run through northern New Brunswick from the proposed Rabaska...
Spanish LNG Facilities Accepted by Public Due to Energy Needs
Posted on Jun 18, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Spanish LNG Facilities Accepted by Public Due to Energy Needs
The Chronicle Herald (Nova Scotia, Canada) profiles the Barcelona LNG import facility as an example of how Spain, which depends on LNG for 67% of its natural gas, has come to avoid the sort of public opposition that projects face in Nova Scotia and elsewhere in North...
Sempra May Expand Costa Azul LNG Capacity
Posted on Jun 12, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Sempra May Expand Costa Azul LNG Capacity
Sempra Energy is seeking the permits necessary to more than double the capacity of its Costa Azul LNG facility, though no final decision on when or whether to expand the terminal has been made. A senior executive told Reuters that Chevron’s decision to forgo plans for another terminal off the coast of Baja California “adds value” to the Costa Azul...