FERC Issues Final EIS for North Baja Gas Line
Posted on Jun 11, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Pipelines | Comments Off on FERC Issues Final EIS for North Baja Gas Line
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that FERC has issued a favorable Final Environmental Impact Statement for the 126-mile pipeline proposed by North Baja Pipeline to connect the Energia Costa Azul LNG import terminal to California and Arizona markets. The pipeline would be built in three stages with initial operations beginning in 2007 and construction completed in 2010....
Study Simulates LNG Tanker Traversing Head Harbour Passage
Posted on Jun 11, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Study Simulates LNG Tanker Traversing Head Harbour Passage
The Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick, Canada) reports that the results of a series of computer simulations of LNG carriers traversing the Head Harbour Passage suggest it may be possible for LNG ships to move through the channel safely. The study, performed by Marine Safety International and paid for by Downeast LNG, collected data on 25 simulated voyages over a span of five days and...
Application Filed for Canadian LNG Storage Facility
Posted on Jun 7, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Storage | Comments Off on Application Filed for Canadian LNG Storage Facility
CanWest News Service (via the Times Colonist, Victoria) reports that Terasen Gas filed its application Tuesday to build an LNG storage facility on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The facility will be used to lessen Vancouver Island’s dependence on pipeline gas from the mainland. If granted approval by the British Columbia Utilities Commission, Terasen hopes to have the...
Canadian Firms to Fill U.S. LNG Regasification Gap
Posted on Jun 6, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Canadian Firms to Fill U.S. LNG Regasification Gap
The Edmonton Journal (via LexisNexis, subscription required) reports that Canadian firms are seeking to fill the gap in U.S. supply and demand for LNG regasification capacity by importing LNG to Canada for export as natural gas to the United States. The article also describes the extensive public consultation process executed by Petro-Canada and TransCanada Corp. in their successful...
Repsol Official Confident Canaport will Secure Supply
Posted on Jun 6, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Repsol Official Confident Canaport will Secure Supply
Repsol Energy Canada vice president Denis Marcoux told The Chronicle Herald that he is confident the Canaport LNG project will secure supply, despite challenges faced by competing projects in securing long-term LNG supply contracts. “It’s just a question for [project] promoters to convince a supply country that their project is viable,” Marcoux explained. He predicted...
FERC Denies Canadian Province’s Request to Suspend LNG Review
Posted on Jun 5, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on FERC Denies Canadian Province’s Request to Suspend LNG Review
FERC ordered that application reviews can continue for the Quoddy Bay and Downeast LNG terminal proposals on the Maine side of Passamaquoddy Bay. New Brunswick argued that because the Canadian federal government declared that LNG carriers would be prohibited from using Canadian waters to reach the terminals, FERC ought to halt its permit review process. FERC “recognize[d] that...