FERC Announces Intent to Prepare EIS for Oregon LNG Proposal
Posted on Aug 28, 2007 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Announces Intent to Prepare EIS for Oregon LNG Proposal
On Friday, FERC announced its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Oregon LNG regasification terminal and its associated 117-mile gas pipeline. FERC also announced a schedule of public meetings on the project for the week of September 17 in Oregon. The filing is available in Docket No. PF07-10 in the...
Op-Ed: Ecosystem Impacts Should Be Considered in Passamaquoddy Bay LNG Debate
Posted on Aug 28, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Ecosystem Impacts Should Be Considered in Passamaquoddy Bay LNG Debate
The Bangor Daily News carried an op-ed yesterday advocating careful consideration of potential environmental impacts as the Passamaquoddy Bay region evaluates five industrial projects, three of which are LNG import terminals. The piece expresses particular concern regarding the LNG projects’ potential to disturb the natural habitats of several endangered...
Op-Ed: California Lt. Governor Only Sees Limited Role for LNG in State’s Energy Portfolio
Posted on Aug 27, 2007 in Environmental, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: California Lt. Governor Only Sees Limited Role for LNG in State’s Energy Portfolio
A column in the Ventura County Star reviews Lt. Gov. John Garamendi’s (D) continued opposition to LNG playing a major role in California’s energy future. Last week Garamendi predicted that the state’s recent approval of the North Baja gas line from Sempra Energy’s Costa Azul LNG terminal in Mexico to the California market would eliminate the need for any...
Powerful Storms Hit Gulf LNG Terminals, But No Major Damage
Posted on Aug 27, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Powerful Storms Hit Gulf LNG Terminals, But No Major Damage
Hurricane Dean hit Altamira LNG terminal, located south of Tampico, Mexico, last week but failed to cause any significant damage. The storm, rated at Category 2 when it reached Altamira LNG, is the latest storm to hit an LNG regasification terminal in the Gulf of Mexico, but so far all the terminals have emerged largely undamaged. Natural Gas Week (carried via Energy Intelligence) has...
State Official: California Not Anti-LNG
Posted on Aug 27, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on State Official: California Not Anti-LNG
Claudia Chandler, assistant executive director of the California Energy Commission, tells Natural Gas Week (carried via Energy Intelligence) that despite the rejection of several LNG projects proposed for California, other proposals are under consideration. Chandler said, “[T]he projects have to be done in a way that is consistent with our environmental laws. If not, that is when...
Daily Letters to the Editor
Posted on Aug 24, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Daily Letters to the Editor
The Powell River Peak (British Columbia, Canada) (opposed to Texada Island LNG)