Newfoundland LNG Project Earns Positive Environmental Assessment
Posted on Aug 12, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Newfoundland LNG Project Earns Positive Environmental Assessment
The Telegram (Newfoundland, Canada) reports that the proposed Grassy Point LNG Transshipment Terminal has earned a positive environmental assessment from the Canadian federal government.
Canaport LNG Terminal on Track for Completion This Year
Posted on Aug 1, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canaport LNG Terminal on Track for Completion This Year
Global LNG Monitor [subscription required] offers a report on the construction status of the Canaport LNG terminal, currently under construction in New Brunswick, Canada.
CRD Committee Hears from LNG Opponents Regarding Proposed Texada Island LNG Terminal
Posted on Jul 28, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on CRD Committee Hears from LNG Opponents Regarding Proposed Texada Island LNG Terminal
Environment committee members of the Capital Regional District met this week with opponents of the LNG project proposed for Texada Island. The Victoria Times Colonist (British Columbia) also notes that project developer WestPac will be invited to meet with the committee as...
Canaport LNG Backers Consider Expanding Capacity
Posted on Jul 25, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canaport LNG Backers Consider Expanding Capacity
Noting that there are “no firm plans yet,” Repsol Energy North America President Phil Ribbeck told the Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick, Canada) that his firm is considering doubling the capacity of the Canaport LNG terminal, currently under...
Repsol Executive Confident Canaport Will Have “Steady Flow” of LNG
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Repsol Executive Confident Canaport Will Have “Steady Flow” of LNG
Phil Ribbeck, president of Repsol Energy North America, told the Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick) that “[w]henever Canaport goes online, we will have a steady flow of gas into that facility.” Noting that “[b]asically no LNG other than what’s absolutely required is coming into the U.S.,” energy consultant Zach Allen of Pan Eurasian Enterprises suggested...
Sempra Agrees to Divert a Portion of Its Costa Azul LNG Supply to South Korea
Posted on Jul 23, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Sempra Agrees to Divert a Portion of Its Costa Azul LNG Supply to South Korea
Sempra Energy has agreed to divert a portion of its Indonesian LNG supplies to South Korea, according to Reuters. Sempra originally contracted for supply from Indonesia’s Tangguh liquefaction plant to service its Energia Costa Azul regasification terminal in northwestern Mexico, but now will divert some supply to the Asian gas market where prices are higher under a provision that...