Energy Official Says Halting LNG Projects Contributes to Energy Predicament
Posted on Nov 3, 2005 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition, Pipelines, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Energy Official Says Halting LNG Projects Contributes to Energy Predicament
The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday said that many natural gas ventures, such as the planned Crown Landing regasification plant and the Millennium Gas Pipeline, could have brought relief to energy-starved regions but were stunted because of environmental conflicts. Today’s Platts Gas Daily has the report. [Subscription...
Mid-December Hearings Planned for Weaver’s Cove Dredging
Posted on Nov 3, 2005 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Mid-December Hearings Planned for Weaver’s Cove Dredging
The Providence Journal yesterday reported that the Army Corps of Engineers has planned two public hearings in mid-December to talk about plans for Weaver’s Cove Energy to dredge the Mount Hope Bay shipping channel. Weaver’s Cove wants to remove 2.5 million cubic yards of sediment so that LNG tankers can traverse the waters, and plans to deposit the sediment in the Rhode...
Tribe Files Lawsuit Over Pleasant Point LNG Lease
Posted on Nov 3, 2005 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Tribe Files Lawsuit Over Pleasant Point LNG Lease
Six Passamaquoddy Tribe members yesterday said they will file a lawsuit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the U.S. Secretary of the Interior over the approval of a lease that permits Quoddy Bay LLC to erect an LNG terminal at Pleasant Point. They are also part of Save Passamoquoddy Bay, an organization dedicated to the fight against LNG development in the region....
Weaver’s Cove Answers Amicus Briefs
Posted on Nov 3, 2005 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove Answers Amicus Briefs
Weaver’s Cove has asked FERC to reject as untimely the amicus briefs filed in September and October by several Rhode Island towns asking FERC to reverse its order approving the Weaver’s Cove terminal. The filing is available on the FERC website at Docket No....
California Senate Energy Committee Discusses States’ Rights and LNG
Posted on Nov 2, 2005 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on California Senate Energy Committee Discusses States’ Rights and LNG
The California Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee held a two-hour hearing on liquefied natural gas during which members and speakers discussed the Energy Policy Act of 2005, particularly the role of state legislatures in the LNG terminal siting process. Mark Robinson, the director of FERC’s Office of Energy Projects, said that while a terminal may receive...
Chevron Files Application with FERC for Casotte Landing Project
Posted on Nov 2, 2005 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Chevron Files Application with FERC for Casotte Landing Project
Oil&Gas Journal yesterday reported that Chevron has filed an application with FERC to own, build and oversee the proposed 1.3 bcf/d Casotte Landing terminal in Mississippi. Here is the story. [Subscription...