Downeast Files Amendment to Modify Pipeline Route
Posted on Jan 25, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Downeast Files Amendment to Modify Pipeline Route
Downeast Pipeline LLC has filed to amend its pending FERC application for the Downeast LNG project to modify its planned pipeline route. The amendment is in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s rejection of Downeast’s request to cross the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge with a portion of the pipeline. The new proposed pipeline route avoids crossing the...
FERC Grants Extension for Ingleside LNG Project
Posted on Jan 24, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Grants Extension for Ingleside LNG Project
FERC has approved Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s (“Oxy”) request for a three-year extension to the July 22, 2008 deadline for placing the Ingleside LNG project into service. The new deadline is April 30, 2011. The Jan. 23 order is available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....
Calais Developers Meet with Officials, Residents
Posted on Jan 22, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Calais Developers Meet with Officials, Residents
The Bangor Daily News [carried via Energy Central Professional (subscription required)] reports that Calais LNG developers met with local officials and residents last week to promote their efforts to build an LNG terminal in Maine. The developers hope to begin the FERC application process in “early to...
NMFS Official Requests Denial of Bradwood Landing Dredging Permit
Posted on Jan 22, 2008 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on NMFS Official Requests Denial of Bradwood Landing Dredging Permit
The Daily Astorian reports that National Marine Fisheries Service Oregon State Habitat Office Director Michael P. Tehan asked the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers in a letter last month to deny NorthernStar Natural Gas the dredging permit it needs to create a turning basin for LNG vessels at its proposed Bradwood Landing terminal. In the letter, Tehan outlined seven reasons to deny the...
Ingleside LNG Seeks Start-Up Extension from FERC
Posted on Jan 18, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Ingleside LNG Seeks Start-Up Extension from FERC
Ingleside LNG backer Occidental Petroleum Corp. (“Oxy”) has filed a Request for Extension of Time with FERC, asking them to extend the project’s start-up deadline from mid – 2008 to April 30, 2011. The filing is available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No. CP05-13. Additionally, a report by Reuters cites market conditions and difficulties securing adequate...
Pipeline Company Says Current Infrastructure Inadequate for Oregon LNG Capacity
Posted on Jan 16, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Pipeline Company Says Current Infrastructure Inadequate for Oregon LNG Capacity
Williams Northwest Pipeline submitted a letter to FERC claiming that existing pipeline capacity in the Molalla area cannot receive the 1.5 Bcf/d of natural gas proposed by the Oregon LNG project. Oregon LNG CEO Peter Hansen told the Hillsboro Argus (Ore.) that the filing was not surprising and that his company is “certainly well aware of the limitations of the existing and...