Canaport LNG Terminal Scheduled to Begin Commercial Operations in Q1 2009
Posted on Oct 23, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canaport LNG Terminal Scheduled to Begin Commercial Operations in Q1 2009
The New Brunswick Business Journal (Canada) provides an update on the construction of the Canaport LNG regasification terminal. According to terminal developers Repsol YPF and Irving Oil Ltd., the terminal is 84% complete, and the associated Brunswick Pipeline will be completed in early December 2008. The report also notes that the terminal’s first delivery of LNG will come from...
Gazprom Considering Additional Options for Expansion into North American LNG Market
Posted on Oct 23, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Gazprom Considering Additional Options for Expansion into North American LNG Market
A Gazprom official said earlier this week that his company is considering a number of options for expansion into the North American LNG market in addition to the Rabaska LNG regasification terminal in Canada. Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] also notes that Gazprom has cast doubts on recent reports that the company will take an equity position in the Rabaska...
Kitimat LNG: Construction Timeline Remains Unchanged
Posted on Oct 17, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction | Comments Off on Kitimat LNG: Construction Timeline Remains Unchanged
Speaking to the Kitimat City Council, Kitimat LNG Vice President of Supply Marketing Ilene Schmaltz said that despite altering the proposal to export LNG from Canada, the project remains on pace for a late 2009 or early 2010 groundbreaking. The Kitimat Northern Sentinel provides additional...
Market Dynamics Affecting Sempra’s Costa Azul LNG Terminal Examined
Posted on Oct 15, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Market Dynamics Affecting Sempra’s Costa Azul LNG Terminal Examined
The third part of the KPBS series on Sempra Energy’s Energia Costa Azul LNG terminal examines market dynamics affecting the terminal. It compares expanding U.S. natural gas production from shale gas plays with the Pacific Basin LNG...
Developer of MapleLNG Project Optimistic About Ontario’s Energy Market
Posted on Oct 14, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Developer of MapleLNG Project Optimistic About Ontario’s Energy Market
4Gas, the firm developing the MapleLNG regasification project, told the Chronicle Herald (Halifax, Canada) that it is focusing on Central Canada as the target market for its imported natural gas. Speaking at an event last week, MapleLNG General Manager Derek Owen said that his company plans to use some of the existing natural gas pipeline infrastructure, but noted that “there...
Series Examines Energia Costa Azul LNG Terminal
Posted on Oct 14, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Series Examines Energia Costa Azul LNG Terminal
KPBS offers a series of articles examining Sempra Energy’s Energia Costa Azul LNG regasification terminal constructed in northwestern Mexico. The first part examines the concerns of several parties regarding the potential effects of the LNG terminal on Mexico, and the second part raises environmental and public health concerns for Southern...