Two Local Leaders Express Support for Sparrows Point LNG
Posted on Mar 9, 2007 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Two Local Leaders Express Support for Sparrows Point LNG
While Maryland public officials consider legislation designed to stop AES’ proposed Sparrows Point LNG terminal, The Dundalk Eagle reports on two community leaders who publicly advocate the terminal. Both said that personal research has convinced them that LNG is safe, and that it would benefit the community...
Cross-Border Gas Treaty Ready for Signature
Posted on Mar 8, 2007 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Cross-Border Gas Treaty Ready for Signature
Minister of Energy Lenny Saith provided Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday with some of the first public details of the cross-border unitization treaty with Venezuela over the Loran fields in the waters between the two nations. The nations would develop the Loran field jointly, with Trinidad & Tabago claiming a 27% undivided share. Once the treaty is in force, negotiations would...
Maine and FERC Officials Respond in LNG Terminals Debate
Posted on Mar 8, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Maine and FERC Officials Respond in LNG Terminals Debate
Two articles in today’s Bangor Daily News track correspondence among the parties involved in whether to allow LNG tankers to transit Canadian waters to the proposed Downeast and Quoddy Bay terminals in Maine. FERC Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher responded to a letter from Canada’s Ambassador Michael Wilson informing the Ambassador that FERC intends to continue reviewing the...
Protest Against Cabrillo Port Planned for Saturday
Posted on Mar 8, 2007 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Protest Against Cabrillo Port Planned for Saturday
Malibu Surfside News reports that, with the California State Lands Commission expected to release an Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Cabrillo Port LNG project tomorrow, opponents will hold a rally at the Malibu Pier...
Disagreement on Economic Effects of Sparrows Point Terminal
Posted on Mar 6, 2007 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Disagreement on Economic Effects of Sparrows Point Terminal
The Examiner (Baltimore) reports today that AES, the company proposing an LNG import facility at Sparrows Point, expects the project to have a $216 million positive impact on the local economy total. Fronda Cohen, the marketing and communications director of the Baltimore County Department of Economic Development, however, predicts that “from an economic development point of...
Op-Ed: Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica Should Not Let LNG Cause Conflict
Posted on Mar 6, 2007 in Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica Should Not Let LNG Cause Conflict
Jamaica Gleaner published an op-ed Sunday, written by the acting editor of The Trinidad Guardian, responding to a Gleaner editorial that had criticized the government of Trinidad for refusing to supply Jamaica with LNG. The op-ed blames multi-national corporations for creating the conflict and calls on each nation’s leaders to “talk about these issues in such a way that the...