Decision on Motion for Retrial in Pelican Island Case Expected This Week
Posted on Jun 14, 2006 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Decision on Motion for Retrial in Pelican Island Case Expected This Week
A Texas judge yesterday heard arguments in a motion to retry a Galveston resident’s challenge to BP’s lease agreement with the Galveston, Texas, Wharves Board of Trustees. Plaintiff Nancy Saint-Paul argued that the entire lease agreement for BP’s proposed Pelican Island terminal is “irreparably tainted,” and that Judge John Ellisor should reconsider the...
Appellate Court Preserves Gulf Landing LNG Decision
Posted on Jun 9, 2006 in Environmental, Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Appellate Court Preserves Gulf Landing LNG Decision
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit yesterday ruled that the Secretary of Transportation did not violate the Deepwater Port Act when it issued a license for Shell’s Gulf Landing LNG terminal proposed for offshore Louisiana. A coalition of environmental groups had argued that the Secretary’s decision violated “the best available technology requirement” of...
Appellate Court Orders FERC to Clarify Decision in LNG Case
Posted on May 16, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Litigation, Storage | Comments Off on Appellate Court Orders FERC to Clarify Decision in LNG Case
In a ruling issued Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered FERC to explain why it declined to award restitution to Virginia Natural Gas for an alleged financial loss stemming from a breach of contract by Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. in 2003. This case arose out of a complaint filed at FERC by VNG that Columbia failed to fully honor its service...
Sempra Lawsuit Dismissed
Posted on May 15, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Litigation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Sempra Lawsuit Dismissed
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that a San Diego court has dismissed a $5.5 million lawsuit alleging that Sempra Energy and Mexican government officials conspired to unlawfully seize land that Marathon Oil was planning to use for an LNG project in Baja California. Although Santiago Gracia, one of the three plaintiffs said, “[w]e’re still devising the legal...
Delaware: BP Orchestrating New Jersey’s Border Dispute Case
Posted on May 12, 2006 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Delaware: BP Orchestrating New Jersey’s Border Dispute Case
Delaware state attorneys maintain that classified documents can prove that BP offered New Jersey “promises of economic and other assistance” in exchange for New Jersey challenging Delaware’s authority to block BP’s Crown Landing LNG project. As the U.S. Supreme Court case over a disputed boundary between the states continues,BP spokesman Tom Mueller and New...
Judge to Decide Motion for New Trial in Pelican Island Lawsuit
Posted on May 9, 2006 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Judge to Decide Motion for New Trial in Pelican Island Lawsuit
A judge will hear arguments June 13 on a motion for a new trial involving BP’s proposed Pelican Island LNG facility in Galveston, Texas. An attorney for a local resident and opponent of the project is seeking to overturn a March 2006 ruling that the Wharves Board did not violate state open meetings lawswhen it ratified an option agreement with BP at a meeting in February 2005. Details...