Canaport LNG Hosts Formal Commissioning Ceremony
Posted on Sep 25, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canaport LNG Hosts Formal Commissioning Ceremony
Yesterday Canaport LNG held its formal commissioning ceremony at the import terminal site in St. John, New Brunswick. CBC News reports that approximately 400 people attended the...
Editorial: Canadian Officials Protecting Canadian Interests By Opposing LNG Vessel Traffic in Head Harbour Passage
Posted on Sep 24, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Editorial: Canadian Officials Protecting Canadian Interests By Opposing LNG Vessel Traffic in Head Harbour Passage
An editorial in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal argues that Canada’s federal officials are acting in Canadians’ interests by opposing LNG vessel traffic in the Head Harbour Passage and Passamaquoddy Bay. The piece states that New Brunswick and Canadian officials respect FERC’s jurisdiction over energy facilities in the United States, but notes that U.S. officials...
Canadian Municipality Required to Pay More Than $1M for Site of Maple LNG Project
Posted on Sep 23, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Canadian Municipality Required to Pay More Than $1M for Site of Maple LNG Project
The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board determined this week that an individual landowner who owns property that would be used to build the proposed Maple LNG project, as well as serve as the point where an offshore gas pipeline comes ashore, should have been paid more than $1 million when his land was appropriated by the local government for the energy projects. Previously, the...
Canadian Prime Minister Reiterates Opposition to LNG Vessel Traffic in Canadian Waters of Head Harbour Passage
Posted on Sep 22, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Marine Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Canadian Prime Minister Reiterates Opposition to LNG Vessel Traffic in Canadian Waters of Head Harbour Passage
According to the Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick, Canada), Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper reiterated his government’s opposition to LNG vessel traffic in the Canadian waters of Head Harbour Passage on a recent visit to Washington, DC, including to U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME). Also speaking to the issue, Greg Thompson, a Member of Parliament from New Brunswick and a...
Baldacci Critical of Canadian Federal Position on LNG Vessel Traffic Thru Head Harbour Passage
Posted on Sep 18, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Baldacci Critical of Canadian Federal Position on LNG Vessel Traffic Thru Head Harbour Passage
Speaking to the media during the annual conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, Gov. John Baldacci (D-Maine) criticized the decision by the Canadian federal government to prohibit LNG vessels from transiting Canada’s internal waters in the Head Harbour Passage. According to the Telegraph-Journal, Governor Baldacci encouraged the federal Canadian...
Local Workers Protest Out-of-Province Labor at Canaport LNG Terminal
Posted on Sep 16, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Local Workers Protest Out-of-Province Labor at Canaport LNG Terminal
The Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick) reports that a number of local union members alleged that out-of-province workers were being used on the construction of a third LNG storage tank at the Canaport LNG...