ConocoPhillips Shelves Beacon Port LNG Project
Posted on Nov 9, 2006 in Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on ConocoPhillips Shelves Beacon Port LNG Project
ConocoPhillips has withdrawn its application for the proposed Beacon Port LNG project. According to S.L. Cornelius, the president of Beacon Port LLC, ConocoPhillips’ regasification capacity at the Freeport and Golden Pass import facilities in the western Gulf of Mexico has obviated the “business need” to proceed with the Beacon Port project. The news follows...
Residents Comment on FEIS for Northeast Gateway LNG Proposal
Posted on Nov 9, 2006 in Environmental, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Residents Comment on FEIS for Northeast Gateway LNG Proposal
Officials from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration last night heard public comments regarding the final environmental impact statement for Excelerate Energy’s proposed Northeast Gateway LNG terminal. Some attendees expressed concern that the import facility, which is planned for offshore Massachusetts, would harm the right whale population while blocking...
CLNG Official Says Inadequate Natural Gas Supply Is More Risky Than Importing LNG
Posted on Nov 8, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on CLNG Official Says Inadequate Natural Gas Supply Is More Risky Than Importing LNG
The safety and security concerns associated with importing LNG are minimal and outweighed by “the cost of doing nothing” to augment natural gas supply, according to Bill Cooper, the executive director of The Center for Liquefied Natural Gas. “[W]e hear statistics every year about people that die of hypothermia because they don’t have enough heat for their homes,...
FEIS Issued for Proposed Neptune LNG Terminal
Posted on Nov 2, 2006 in Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FEIS Issued for Proposed Neptune LNG Terminal
The U.S. Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration have issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Neptune LNG’s import facility proposed for offshore Massachusetts. Public hearings on the FEIS are scheduled for Nov. 14 in Gloucester, Mass., and Nov. 15 in Salem, Mass. The FEIS may be found in the Docket Management System in Docket No....
USCG Deems Calypso LNG Application Complete
Posted on Nov 2, 2006 in Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on USCG Deems Calypso LNG Application Complete
The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a letter informing Calypso LNG LLC, a subsidiary of Suez Energy North America, that its application to construct an LNG terminal 10 miles offshore Florida is complete. “We can now be confident that the project will remain on schedule so we are ready to be the first project to deliver an important new source of energy to the Florida market in early...
Final Environmental Impact Statement Issued for Proposed Northeast Gateway Terminal
Posted on Oct 31, 2006 in Environmental, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Final Environmental Impact Statement Issued for Proposed Northeast Gateway Terminal
The Maritime Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard have released the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge LNG terminal proposed for offshore Massachusetts. Public hearings on the FEIS will be held on November 8 and 9. The FEIS may be found on the DOT’s Docket Management website in Docket No. 22219. MARAD and the USCG note that the FEIS...