Analysts Expect Coal, Imports of LNG to Moderate U.S. Natural Gas Prices
Posted on Feb 9, 2010 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Analysts Expect Coal, Imports of LNG to Moderate U.S. Natural Gas Prices
Analysts with Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and Barclays Capital separately predicted this week that use of coal and increased LNG imports will moderate U.S. natural gas prices in 2010. Read more in Platts LNG Daily. [Subscription...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Feb 9, 2010 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Traders: Little Interest in Six U.K. Berthing Slots Offered This Month (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription required]
Recently Appointed Commissioner Says FERC Should Focus on Safety, Environmental Impacts When Evaluating LNG Terminal Applications
Posted on Feb 5, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Recently Appointed Commissioner Says FERC Should Focus on Safety, Environmental Impacts When Evaluating LNG Terminal Applications
Speaking to Platts LNG Daily, recently appointed FERC Commissioner John Norris indicated that the agency should focus on safety and environmental impacts in evaluating LNG terminal applications and allow the market to decide whether a facility is eventually built. Commissioner Norris also noted that FERC should not support one energy source at the expense of others, but rather...
News Analysis: U.S. Shale Gas Plays Discouraging Construction of New LNG Terminals
Posted on Feb 3, 2010 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on News Analysis: U.S. Shale Gas Plays Discouraging Construction of New LNG Terminals
An analysis published by NASDAQ concludes that the increased availability of natural gas from U.S. shale plays is discouraging LNG project developers from building new regasification terminals, even if the projects have been approved by U.S....
Kitimat LNG May Use Panama Canal Once Canal’s Expansion is Complete
Posted on Jan 29, 2010 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Kitimat LNG May Use Panama Canal Once Canal’s Expansion is Complete
Bloomberg reports that Kitimat LNG may use the Panama Canal to sell LNG to customers in the Atlantic Basin once the expansion of the canal is completed. Citing TradeWinds, Bloomberg reports that when the expansion is complete in 2014, 80% of the global LNG fleet will be able to use the...
AGA Chairman: U.S. Not Likely to Become a Major LNG Exporter
Posted on Jan 28, 2010 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on AGA Chairman: U.S. Not Likely to Become a Major LNG Exporter
Robert Skaggs, the chairman of the American Gas Association, told a gathering sponsored by the New York Society of Security Analysts yesterday that he does not expect LNG exports from the United States to increase dramatically in the coming years. Skaggs expects natural gas produced in the major U.S. shale plays to find markets in North America. Platts LNG Daily provides further...