FERC Staff Questions Calhoun LNG’s Plan for Spill Impoundment
Posted on Sep 11, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, Storage | Comments Off on FERC Staff Questions Calhoun LNG’s Plan for Spill Impoundment
In a letter to Calhoun LNG, FERC Staff questioned Calhoun’s plan to use one shared impoundment area for multiple LNG storage tanks at its proposed LNG terminal in Port Lavaca, Texas. “[S]taff questions the ability of the common LNG storage tank impoundment system to adequately maintain the integrity of the tanks during an impoundment fire.” Before FERC can complete a...
FERC: Scheduling Order for Bradwood Landing Premature
Posted on Sep 11, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC: Scheduling Order for Bradwood Landing Premature
In a Sept. 7 letter to the developers of the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal, FERC declined to establish a schedule imposing deadlines for required federal authorizations. Instead, the Commission indicated that NorthernStar Energy LLC and Bradwood Landing LLC must satisfy outstanding information requests from FERC and the U.S. Coast Guard, and must file necessary permit...
NorthernStar to Share Information With Oregon DOE Regarding LNG Project
Posted on Sep 8, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on NorthernStar to Share Information With Oregon DOE Regarding LNG Project
NorthernStar Natural Gas and the Oregon Department of Energy on Aug. 31 signed a protective agreement that will allow the agency access to proprietary information and CEII regarding the developer’s proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal. The deal prohibits the public disclosure of certain data in Environmental Resource Report 13, which NorthernStar says contains information that...
Bradwood Landing Site Tour Set
Posted on Sep 1, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Bradwood Landing Site Tour Set
Interested parties are invited to accompany NorthernStar Natural Gas officials and engineers from FERC’s Office of Energy Projects on a tour of the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal site. Details of the Sept. 12 event are in The Daily Astorian. In addition, FERC will be holding a cryogenic technical conference related to the facility on Sept. 13, which is open to any...
U.S. Market for Australian LNG Is Uncertain
Posted on Sep 1, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on U.S. Market for Australian LNG Is Uncertain
It is unclear when Australian LNG will reach U.S. markets, according to FERC Chairman Joseph Kelliher and DOE Deputy Secretary James Slutz, who attended the APGas conference in Perth yesterday. Kelliher noted that several spot cargos from Australia have already been delivered to the U.S. Gulf Coast, but he expects future shipments to reach the U.S. via an LNG terminal in Baja...
Crown Landing: Timing of FERC Decision Appropriate
Posted on Aug 31, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Crown Landing: Timing of FERC Decision Appropriate
In letter dated August 30, 2006, Crown Landing LLC urges FERC to disregard Delaware’s contention that FERC may not grant conditional authorization to site, construct, and operate an LNG terminal “until a state has acted under its CZMA and CAA delegated federal authority.” Conditions contained within FERC’s approval of the Crown Landing terminal “withhold...