Analyst: Costa Azul Terminal Could Receive Two LNG Cargos Per Month in 2010
Posted on Mar 8, 2010 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Analyst: Costa Azul Terminal Could Receive Two LNG Cargos Per Month in 2010
Steve Johnson, president of Waterborne Energy, told Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] that he believes Sempra’s Energia Costa Azul LNG import terminal will receive two cargos per month once the Tangguh LNG liquefaction project in Indonesia comes on stream. This estimate accounts for certain contractual arrangements that allow some LNG cargos to be diverted from Costa Azul...
FERC Chairman Responds to Canadian Ambassador’s Letter Concerning LNG Transit Through Canadian Waters
Posted on Mar 8, 2010 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on FERC Chairman Responds to Canadian Ambassador’s Letter Concerning LNG Transit Through Canadian Waters
In late February, FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff responded to a letter from Canadian Ambassador to the United States Gary Doer. In his response, Chairman Wellinghoff stated that the Commission recognizes that “issues relating to LNG tanker passage through Canadian waters have not been resolved,” but that FERC would continue to process the LNG terminal applications filed by...
Canaport LNG Seeking to Double Winter Sendout in 2010-2011
Posted on Mar 5, 2010 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canaport LNG Seeking to Double Winter Sendout in 2010-2011
Phil Ribbeck, head of Repsol Energy North America, said this week that he hopes to double the natural gas sendout from the Canaport LNG terminal during the 2010-2011 winter heating season. Ribbeck said that the average daily natural gas sendout this year was 400 MMcf/d and he hopes to increase sendout to approximately 800 MMcf/d next year. Read more in the...
Province of New Brunswick Responds to Calais LNG
Posted on Mar 4, 2010 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Province of New Brunswick Responds to Calais LNG
The Province of New Brunswick has filed an answer this week to comments Calais LNG made regarding a motion to reject and other comments previously filed with FERC by the Province. Notably, New Brunswick rejects Calais LNG’s assertion that FERC should limit the scope of the Province’s intervention in this proceeding, emphasizing that Calais LNG mischaracterized FERC’s...
Kitimat CEO Hails KOGAS Investment in British Columbian Natural Gas
Posted on Mar 1, 2010 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Kitimat CEO Hails KOGAS Investment in British Columbian Natural Gas
Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) announced yesterday that it will invest $1.1 billion in natural gas production in British Columbia, Canada, over the next five years. Kitimat LNG CEO Rosemary Boulton told the Globe and Mail that the investment “validates” investments in the Kitimat LNG liquefaction terminal, although KOGAS and Kitimat LNG have not entered into any...
Delays for Deep Panuke Gas Project May Compel Repsol to Increase LNG Imports to Canaport Terminal
Posted on Feb 24, 2010 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Delays for Deep Panuke Gas Project May Compel Repsol to Increase LNG Imports to Canaport Terminal
A spokesperson for Repsol YPF, majority owner and operator of the Canaport LNG terminal, told the Telegraph-Journal that, although the Deep Panuke natural gas production project located offshore Nova Scotia has been delayed, Repsol’s ability to deliver gas to the region will not be compromised. The spokesperson said additional gas supplies could be imported as LNG via the...