Hess LNG Considering Changes to Crown Landing LNG Project Design
Posted on May 19, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Hess LNG Considering Changes to Crown Landing LNG Project Design
The News Journal (Del.) reports that Hess LNG is considering a number of revisions to the design of the Crown Landing LNG import and regasification project. Changes under consideration include reducing the overall sendout capacity of the facility to 600 MMcf/d and reducing the number of LNG storage tanks from three to one. A letter from Hess LNG to FERC outlining the company’s...
NPS Determines Weaver’s Cove LNG Project Inconsistent with Federal Law
Posted on May 18, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on NPS Determines Weaver’s Cove LNG Project Inconsistent with Federal Law
The Boston Herald reports that the National Park Service (NPS) has determined that the proposed Weaver’s Cove LNG import project is not consistent with the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. The letter from NPS to FERC should be available in the eLibrary...
FERC Requests Schedule for Oregon LNG Pipeline Open Season, Citing “Uncertainty” of Environmental Review
Posted on May 17, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Requests Schedule for Oregon LNG Pipeline Open Season, Citing “Uncertainty” of Environmental Review
Last Friday FERC requested that Oregon LNG provide its schedule for the open season for capacity on the Oregon Pipeline associated with the Oregon LNG import project. In its letter, FERC noted that “[c]onsidering the uncertainty of the outcome of the environmental analysis, the fact that [Oregon LNG] ha[s] not attempted to garner the critical project information that [it] would...
Oregon State Rep. Seeking Information on Alleged Meeting Regarding Jordan Cove LNG
Posted on May 14, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon State Rep. Seeking Information on Alleged Meeting Regarding Jordan Cove LNG
KVAL News reports that Oregon State Rep. Arnie Roblan (D-Coos Bay) has requested information about an alleged meeting between FERC officials and LNG opponents regarding the Jordan Cove LNG project. Representative Roblan said that he is pursuing this Freedom of Information Act request to determine whether there was any improper influence of FERC resulting in a delay of the LNG...
Local Activist Predicts Quoddy Bay LNG’s Appeal of BIA Decision Will Be Unsuccessful
Posted on May 13, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Local Activist Predicts Quoddy Bay LNG’s Appeal of BIA Decision Will Be Unsuccessful
Robert Godfrey of Save Passamaquoddy Bay 3-Nation Alliance told the Telegraph-Journal that he expects that an appeal by Quoddy Bay LNG of the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) decision to cancel the lease for the planned LNG terminal’s site will be...
FERC Requests Engineering Data from Weaver’s Cove LNG
Posted on May 12, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Requests Engineering Data from Weaver’s Cove LNG
Yesterday FERC requested additional engineering information from Weaver’s Cove LNG, focusing on the operations of the pipe-in-pipe LNG transfer system. The request is available in FERC’s eLibrary under Docket No....