Pipeline Seeks FERC Authorization to Export Natural Gas to Canada
Posted on Apr 20, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Pipeline Seeks FERC Authorization to Export Natural Gas to Canada
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, LLC has filed a request with FERC to amend its authorization under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act and its Presidential Permit to allow the company to export natural gas to Canada using existing cross-border facilities, including its interconnection with the Brunswick Pipeline, which will transport regasified LNG imported via the Canaport LNG...
Repsol Official: Canaport LNG Will Close Gas Supply Gap for U.S. Northeast
Posted on Apr 20, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Repsol Official: Canaport LNG Will Close Gas Supply Gap for U.S. Northeast
Phillip Ribbeck, president of Repsol Energy North America, told Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] that his company’s Canaport LNG import terminal, currently under construction in St. John, New Brunswick, will be able to fill the natural gas supply gap that some end-users are concerned may affect the U.S. Northeast. Ribbick also expressed his doubt that the New England...
LNG Vessel Traffic Part of Discussion on New Brunswick-Maine Energy Corridor
Posted on Apr 17, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on LNG Vessel Traffic Part of Discussion on New Brunswick-Maine Energy Corridor
The New Brunswick Business Journal provides coverage of ongoing discussions between the leaders of New Brunswick and Maine regarding a proposed energy corridor between the two regions. The piece indicates that some supporters of the proposed LNG terminals in Maine are urging Maine elected officials to condition any state approval of an electric transmission corridor through Maine on...
IPAMS Expresses Concern Over Gazprom’s Involvement in Costa Azul LNG Terminal
Posted on Apr 10, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on IPAMS Expresses Concern Over Gazprom’s Involvement in Costa Azul LNG Terminal
The trade group Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States (IPAMS) released a statement yesterday expressing concern regarding Gazprom’s announcement that it has secured regasification capacity at the Energia Costa Azul LNG import terminal. In a statement IPAMS said that Gazprom’s involvement in the North American LNG market could “have devastating effects...
First Nations Offered Equity Position in Pipeline Associated with Kitimat LNG Project
Posted on Apr 9, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, Pipelines | Comments Off on First Nations Offered Equity Position in Pipeline Associated with Kitimat LNG Project
The Government of British Columbia announced that several of Canada’s First Nations have agreed to take an equity position in the Pacific Trail Pipelines Partnership, the company developing a natural gas pipeline designed to transport gas for export via the Kitimat LNG liquefaction project. The agreement with the First Nations includes a $3 million payment as an incentive for...
Gazprom Secures Capacity at Energia Costa Azul LNG Terminal
Posted on Apr 9, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Gazprom Secures Capacity at Energia Costa Azul LNG Terminal
Russian gas company Gazprom has purchased a share of Royal Dutch Shell’s regasification capacity at the Energia Costa Azul LNG import terminal on the Pacific coast of Baja California. The deal, worth $5 billion over 20 years, will allow Gazprom to commence shipping LNG supplies from the Sakhalin II liquefaction facility to the United States and other Pacific Basin markets. The...