New Brunswick Firefighters Trained to Support Canaport LNG Personnel
Posted on May 28, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on New Brunswick Firefighters Trained to Support Canaport LNG Personnel
The Telegraph-Journal reports that firefighters in St. John, New Brunswick, have received training on the use of Purple K, a chemical used as one of many fire suppression systems at the Canaport LNG import terminal. Firefighters from St. John will support Canaport LNG’s personnel in case of...
Maine Lawmakers Face Political Pressure Over Energy Corridor, LNG Projects
Posted on May 27, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Maine Lawmakers Face Political Pressure Over Energy Corridor, LNG Projects
CBC provides coverage of the political environment in Maine surrounding three LNG import terminal proposals and a planned energy corridor between New Brunswick and Maine.
Province of New Brunswick to Assess DEIS for Downeast LNG
Posted on May 21, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Province of New Brunswick to Assess DEIS for Downeast LNG
Yesterday New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham said that his Provincial government will perform a “thorough review” of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that FERC released last week for the Downeast LNG import project, located in Washington County, Maine, directly across from the town of St. Andrew’s, New Brunswick. Premier Graham’s press statement...
Repsol Executive: North American Gas Prices to have Limited Impact on Cargo Deliveries to Canaport LNG Terminal
Posted on May 12, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Repsol Executive: North American Gas Prices to have Limited Impact on Cargo Deliveries to Canaport LNG Terminal
Platts Gas Daily [subscription required] reports that Denis Marcoux, vice president of Repsol Canada, told attendees at the Camput 2009 conference that North American natural gas prices will have only a limited impact on LNG cargo delivers to the Canaport regasification terminal. Separately, CBC reports that Canaport LNG has almost completed its jetty, leaving cleanup and painting left...
Spokesperson for Maine’s Governor Says State Can Have Both Energy Corridor and LNG Projects
Posted on May 12, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Spokesperson for Maine’s Governor Says State Can Have Both Energy Corridor and LNG Projects
A spokesperson for Maine Governor John Baldacci (R) told the Bangor Daily News that the energy corridor proposed between Maine and New Brunswick and the planned LNG projects in Maine are not mutually exclusive. The spokesperson said, “it would be [a] dangerous thing to hold up projects [like the energy corridor] at the expense of others [like...
TransCanada to Build Pipeline Associated with Manzanillo LNG
Posted on May 8, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on TransCanada to Build Pipeline Associated with Manzanillo LNG
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that TransCanada was successful in its bid to build, own, and operate the 193-mile Guadalajara Pipeline that will transport gas imported to the Manzanillo LNG terminal to the city of...