Export License Extension Pursued for Alaskan LNG Facility
Posted on Jan 23, 2007 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Export License Extension Pursued for Alaskan LNG Facility
ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil Corp. on Friday applied with the U.S. Dept. of Energy for a two-year license extension that would allow the companies to continue to export LNG to Asian markets from their facility in Kenai, Alaska. The current license expires in 2009. According to Alaska Report, local utilities or governments may oppose the extension, arguing that Cook Inlet gas should...
Prometheus Energy Begins Production at Landfill Gas Conversion Plant
Posted on Jan 22, 2007 in Liquefaction | Comments Off on Prometheus Energy Begins Production at Landfill Gas Conversion Plant
ShareCast reports that Prometheus Energy earlier this month started producing LNG from natural gas emanating from the Bowerman Landfill in California. The plant produced LNG at a rate of 1,000 gallons per day on January 20. Production yields are expected to increase as current and future phases of the project are completed. The LNG will be used to operate public transportation...
Federal Judge to Rule Next Week on Baltimore County Zoning Law
Posted on Jan 12, 2007 in Liquefaction, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Federal Judge to Rule Next Week on Baltimore County Zoning Law
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Bennett said on Wednesday that he will decide by the end of next week whether to grant a motion filed by AES to overturn a Baltimore County law that prohibits the siting of an LNG terminal within five miles of a residence. The Baltimore Examiner has the...
Jamaica Considers Coal Due to Shortage of Trinidadian LNG
Posted on Dec 22, 2006 in Liquefaction | Comments Off on Jamaica Considers Coal Due to Shortage of Trinidadian LNG
Jamaican government officials expressed concern that Trinidad and Tobago’s inability to supply Jamaica with LNG may threaten the proposed expansion of the Jamalco alumina refinery. As a result, Jamaica may turn to coal as an alternative energy source to help power the refinery and the national energy grid. Under a memorandum of understanding signed in 2004, Trinidad had planned...
Atlantic LNG Official Says Train 4 Expected to Increase Operations Next Year
Posted on Dec 15, 2006 in Liquefaction | Comments Off on Atlantic LNG Official Says Train 4 Expected to Increase Operations Next Year
Atlantic LNG’s Train 4 in Trinidad and Tobago is expected to start full commercial operations next year, according to chief executive officer Oscar Prieto. He maintained that production delays have been caused by a gas shortage, not structural problems. “As soon as we have all the gas together we will be able to operate at full rate. Nothing (is) structurally wrong with the...
Trinidad Unable to Supply LNG to Jamaica
Posted on Dec 15, 2006 in Liquefaction | Comments Off on Trinidad Unable to Supply LNG to Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago is unable to provide Jamaica with LNG from any of its four liquefaction trains due to limited supply, according to the president of Trinidad’s state-owned National Gas Company. “There is still the intention to assist in that regard with the supply of LNG, but…it will come from a future LNG train in Trinidad … which is a question mark,” Frank...