MARAD Announces Agreement with Woodside on U.S. Flag LNG Vessels
Posted on Jul 30, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on MARAD Announces Agreement with Woodside on U.S. Flag LNG Vessels
U.S. Maritime Administrator Sean T. Connaughton announced today that Woodside Natural Gas has committed to employ two U.S. flag LNG regasification vessels and U.S. crews and officers to service its OceanWay LNG terminal proposed for offshore Southern California. The vessels will be used in mid-ocean ship-to-ship transfer operations and then to regasify and offload the gas at the...
U.S. Coast Guard Continues Its Review of Weaver’s Cove
Posted on Jul 24, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on U.S. Coast Guard Continues Its Review of Weaver’s Cove
Captain Roy Nash of the U.S. Coast Guard said in a letter to FERC released yesterday that the U.S. Coast Guard is continuing its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis of the Weaver’s Cove LNG small vessels proposal following its preliminary assessment released in May. The Coast Guard believes it has received all the necessary information from Weaver’s Cove and...
U.S. Representatives Tour Weaver’s Cove Vessel Transit Route
Posted on Jul 24, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on U.S. Representatives Tour Weaver’s Cove Vessel Transit Route
The Providence Journal (R.I.) reports that U.S. Representatives Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) joined the U.S. Coast Guard yesterday for a tour of the planned LNG vessel route for the Weaver’s Cove terminal in Fall River. After the tour, Rep. Cummings said, “When I rode the route, I’ll tell you, I think it would be quite disruptive, and...
Public Meeting to Give Residents Details on Port Dolphin LNG Project
Posted on Jul 23, 2007 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Public Meeting to Give Residents Details on Port Dolphin LNG Project
The Bradenton Herald (Fla.) reports on the public meeting for the proposed Port Dolphin LNG terminal scheduled for Wednesday, July 25, at the Manatee Convention Center in Palmetto, Fla. The project’s developer, Hoegh LNG, plans to reveal details about the estimated $1 billion project at the meeting, and the U.S. Coast Guard and MARAD will collect public comments for their...
Delays Likely for Sparrows Point Approval
Posted on Jul 20, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Delays Likely for Sparrows Point Approval
The Dundalk Eagle (Md.) reports that both county officials and AES representatives anticipate that the legal issues surrounding the Sparrows Point LNG regasification proposal will likely delay the FERC approval timeline. Kent Morton, AES Sparrows Point project director, said that it was previously expected that FERC’s ruling regarding construction of the project would be issued...
FERC Denies Quoddy Bay LNG’s Request for Rehearing
Posted on Jul 20, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Denies Quoddy Bay LNG’s Request for Rehearing
FERC denied Quoddy Bay LNG’s request for a rehearing in the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline expansion proceeding yesterday. FERC rejected Quoddy Bay’s argument that its approval of the expansion of the Maritimes& Northeast Pipeline should be conditioned on Canada’s allowing LNG carriers to transit through the Head Harbour Passage. Among its reasons for denying...