Protestors Voice Opposition to Foreign Construction Workers at Canaport LNG Terminal Site
Posted on May 6, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Protestors Voice Opposition to Foreign Construction Workers at Canaport LNG Terminal Site
CBC reports that a labor dispute led four unemployed men to prevent a busload of Polish workers from entering the Canaport LNG import terminal site yesterday. The unemployed men were protesting the difficulty they have had obtaining work on the Canaport LNG project. A spokesperson for the Canaport project clarified that the dispute is between one of the facility’s contractors and...
Kitimat LNG Export Project Could Yield Hundreds of Millions in Profits for First Nations
Posted on Apr 30, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction | Comments Off on Kitimat LNG Export Project Could Yield Hundreds of Millions in Profits for First Nations
A report carried today by the Vancouver Sun provides further details on an agreement among a number of Canadian First Nations, the British Columbian government, and the developers of a pipeline associated with the Kitimat LNG export project. The Sun reports that the First Nations could receive up to $1 billion in profits, tax revenue, and economic development opportunities over the...
Analysts: Canaport LNG Terminal Could Serve as Key Trading Hub
Posted on Apr 29, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Analysts: Canaport LNG Terminal Could Serve as Key Trading Hub
Noting that the Sable Offshore Energy Project in Nova Scotia will be offline in the coming months, several industry analysts told Platts Gas Daily [subscription required] that they believe the Canaport LNG import terminal will emerge as a critical gas trading hub for the Northeastern United States owing to the terminal’s significant send-out capability and substantial storage...
Canaport LNG Expecting First Cargos This Summer
Posted on Apr 27, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canaport LNG Expecting First Cargos This Summer
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that the Canaport LNG import and regasification terminal will receive its initial cargos in mid-June and July this summer. A company spokesperson told Platts that deliveries of regasified LNG would begin twenty days after the first cargo arrives at the...
FERC Endorses Settlement in M&NE Pipeline Gas Quality Proceeding
Posted on Apr 27, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Gas Composition, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Endorses Settlement in M&NE Pipeline Gas Quality Proceeding
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that FERC has endorsed a settlement agreement in the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline gas quality and interchangeability proceeding. The settlement addresses concerns regarding the changing composition of natural gas in New England as a result of anticipated flows of regasified LNG from the soon-to-be operational Canaport LNG import...
British Columbian First Nation Expresses Concern with Proposed LNG Vessel Traffic
Posted on Apr 20, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Pipelines | Comments Off on British Columbian First Nation Expresses Concern with Proposed LNG Vessel Traffic
A First Nation, the Git’gat band of Hartley Bay in British Columbia, has expressed concern with a recent agreement between a natural gas pipeline developer, the provincial government, and two of the other First Nations regarding the Pacific Trail Pipeline. A leader for the Git’gat band told the Canadian Press (carried via Lexis Nexis [subscription required]) that the...