BHP Billiton Postpones In-Service Date for Proposed Cabrillo Port LNG Terminal
Posted on Mar 15, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on BHP Billiton Postpones In-Service Date for Proposed Cabrillo Port LNG Terminal
BHP Billiton no longer plans to start operating its proposed Cabrillo Port LNG terminal in 2010. “By the time that we have all the permits and approvals that we need, it would take about five years so we are looking at first gas around 2012, 2013,” a company spokesperson said. The announcement follows the release of the project’s final environmental impact report,...
Maple LNG Terminal Receives Environmental Approval
Posted on Mar 15, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Maple LNG Terminal Receives Environmental Approval
Maple LNG’s proposed LNG import facility in Nova Scotia has won environmental approval, according to a press release issued yesterday. “This approval strengthens our position and enables us to go to the next level with the feedstock supplier,” said the president of Keltic Petrochemicals, Inc. Keltic, which sold the LNG facility to Maple LNG in March 2006, plans to use...
Editorial: EPA’s Lack of Transparency Raises Concerns
Posted on Mar 13, 2007 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: EPA’s Lack of Transparency Raises Concerns
Commenting on Representative Waxman’s request for EPA documents regarding air quality standards applied to BHP Billiton’s proposed Cabrillo Port LNG terminal, the Ventura County Star says that the agency’s partial disclosure of documents makes the 2005 reversal appear suspicious and “undermines public confidence in the process.” [Free registration...
FEIS/FEIR Identifies Risks Posed by Proposed BHP Billiton Terminal
Posted on Mar 13, 2007 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FEIS/FEIR Identifies Risks Posed by Proposed BHP Billiton Terminal
The Los Angeles Times provides local coverage of the Cabrillo Port final environmental impact statement, filed March 9, 2007. The FEIS/FEIR lists numerous mitigation measures designed to avoid or alleviate impacts, but states that “a number of adverse effects would remain significant and unavoidable.” Public hearings on the FEIS/FEIR are set to take place in April. The...
Op-ed: Cabrillo Port Debate is Uninformed
Posted on Mar 9, 2007 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Op-ed: Cabrillo Port Debate is Uninformed
An American Spectator column published today criticizes opponents of the proposed Cabrillo Port offshore regas facility such as Keeley Shaye Brosnan, whom he claims is uninformed. Whalen writes, “the LNG proposal for Cabrillo Port is a significant and complicated idea, and deserves the support and even opposition of people who will learn something about the...
Proposed Regas Facility in El Salvador to Begin Seeking Investors
Posted on Mar 9, 2007 in Environmental, Financing, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Proposed Regas Facility in El Salvador to Begin Seeking Investors
The developers of the proposed Cutuco Energy Central America regasification terminal in the city of La Union will begin seeking institutional investors to fund construction of the first phase of the terminal, with the goal of opening the facility in 2010 with a capacity of 100,000-Mcf/d. El Salvador recently approved an environmental impact statement for the project. Platts LNG...