Sempra Renegotiates Indonesian LNG Supply Contract to Allow More Cargo Diversions
Posted on Feb 6, 2012 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Sempra Renegotiates Indonesian LNG Supply Contract to Allow More Cargo Diversions
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that Sempra Energy and the partnership behind the Tangguh LNG liquefaction project in Indonesia are renegotiating the terms of their LNG supply contract. Under the revised terms of the contract, the Tangguh partners will be permitted to divert up to 80% of Sempra’s contracted LNG supplies to other customers, rather than the 50% gas...
Canadian NEB Issues Export License to BC LNG Export Co-operative
Posted on Feb 3, 2012 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Canadian NEB Issues Export License to BC LNG Export Co-operative
Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) has issued an LNG export license to BC LNG Export Co-operative LLC, permitting the company to export 47.9 Bcm of LNG over a 20-year term. The Vancouver Sun offers additional...
Op-Ed Advocates LNG Exports Over Oil from Canada’s West Coast
Posted on Jan 27, 2012 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Op-Ed Advocates LNG Exports Over Oil from Canada’s West Coast
In an op-ed carried by the Financial Post, Ellis Ross, chief councilor for the Haisla Nation, argues that LNG export projects on Canada’s Pacific coast are preferable to investments in an oil pipeline and export...
Qatari Ambassador to Canada Meets with Canaport LNG Officials
Posted on Jan 17, 2012 in Canada & Mexico, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Qatari Ambassador to Canada Meets with Canaport LNG Officials
Qatar’s ambassador to Canada, Ambassador Salem Mubarak Al-Shafi met with New Brunswick Premier David Alward and several representatives from Canaport LNG recently. A Canaport LNG official told MENAFN.com that 42% of the LNG delivered to the Canaport LNG import terminal by project partner Repsol comes from...
Combined Air Emissions from LNG Liquefaction Facility and Other Kitimat Port Operations Could Affect Province’s Air Emissions Goals
Posted on Jan 13, 2012 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Combined Air Emissions from LNG Liquefaction Facility and Other Kitimat Port Operations Could Affect Province’s Air Emissions Goals
The Globe and Mail reports that some are concerned that the combined air emissions from the planned Kitimat LNG liquefaction and export terminal and other Port of Kitimat shipping operations could prevent British Columbia from meeting its air emissions...
Repsol Executive Not Concerned with Challenging Market Facing Canaport LNG Project
Posted on Jan 13, 2012 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Repsol Executive Not Concerned with Challenging Market Facing Canaport LNG Project
Despite a challenging natural gas market in the U.S. Northeast, Phil Ribbeck, president of Repsol North American, said that he is not worried about current market challenges facing the Canaport LNG terminal. He told CBC News that he does not believe that shale gas in North America will eliminate the need for LNG imports via the Canaport LNG...