Canaport LNG Selects Contractors for Terminal Development
Posted on May 17, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canaport LNG Selects Contractors for Terminal Development
Ocean Resources today reports that Canaport LNG has awarded two Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts for the onshore and offshore development of its 1.2 Bcf/d LNG facility proposed for Nova Scotia. The news follows yesterday’s announcement that Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline filed with FERC an application for the expansion of a gas transmission line from the...
Plans for Sonora Pacific LNG Pipeline Postponed
Posted on May 17, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Plans for Sonora Pacific LNG Pipeline Postponed
Yesterday’s Platts LNG Daily reports that El Paso has suspended a plan to construct a pipeline from the proposed Sonora Pacific LNG terminal in Mexico in order to assess environmental and illegal immigration issues raised by the project. [Subscription...
Sempra Reports “Strong” Shipper Interest in Energia Costa Azul Terminal
Posted on May 16, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Sempra Reports “Strong” Shipper Interest in Energia Costa Azul Terminal
In its recent open season, Sempra LNG says it received non-binding bids totaling 2.9 Bcf/d from prospective shippers who are seeking capacity at the company’s 1 Bcf/d Energia Costa Azul LNG facility, in Baja California, Mexico. Sempra’s open season sought bids for approximately 1.5 Bcf/day to match the company’s intent to expand the regasification terminal to 2.5...
New Brunswick Premier Voices Concern Over Maine LNG Projects
Posted on May 15, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on New Brunswick Premier Voices Concern Over Maine LNG Projects
The premier of New Brunswick reiterated his opposition to the LNG terminals proposed for the Maine side of Passamaquoddy Bay, adding that Irving Oil and Repsol’s Canaport LNG facility in St. John would eliminate the need for the Maine projects once construction is complete. Bernard Lord made his remarks at Friday’s 30th Conference of New England Governors and Eastern...
Sempra Lawsuit Dismissed
Posted on May 15, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Litigation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Sempra Lawsuit Dismissed
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that a San Diego court has dismissed a $5.5 million lawsuit alleging that Sempra Energy and Mexican government officials conspired to unlawfully seize land that Marathon Oil was planning to use for an LNG project in Baja California. Although Santiago Gracia, one of the three plaintiffs said, “[w]e’re still devising the legal...
Pipeline Setback May Impede Sonora Pacific LNG Project
Posted on May 11, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Pipelines | Comments Off on Pipeline Setback May Impede Sonora Pacific LNG Project
Environmental concerns may complicate El Paso’s plans to construct a pipeline from the proposed Sonora Pacific LNG terminal in Puerto Libertad on the Gulf of California. The manager of Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge near Tucson, Ariz., says the pipeline is unlikely to be approved as planned because current plans to route the pipeline through the refuge likely would have...