ConocoPhillips Representative Speaks to Alaskan Lawmakers on Kenai LNG Shutdown Decision
Posted on Feb 16, 2011 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on ConocoPhillips Representative Speaks to Alaskan Lawmakers on Kenai LNG Shutdown Decision
Dan Clark, manager of Cook Inlet assets for ConocoPhillips, and others spoke before the Alaska House of Representatives’ Economic Development, Trade, and Tourism Committee yesterday. Clark told committee members that LNG market conditions were the key factor in the company’s decision to suspend its operations at the Kenai LNG facility. Platts LNG Daily [subscription...
Jamaican Opposition Party Seeks Parliamentary Debate on LNG Proposal
Posted on Jan 14, 2011 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Jamaican Opposition Party Seeks Parliamentary Debate on LNG Proposal
The People’s National Party, a Jamaican opposition party, has requested a parliamentary debate on the government’s handling of a proposed LNG import project. Go Jamaica provides additional...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Jan 5, 2011 in Liquefaction, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Political Opposition Critical of Cyprus LNG Plans (Cyprus Mail) Statoil Says Snohvit LNG Out to Resume in Second Half of January (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription required]
Federal Spending Legislation with Weaver’s Cove LNG Language Fails to Advance in Senate
Posted on Dec 20, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Federal Spending Legislation with Weaver’s Cove LNG Language Fails to Advance in Senate
The House Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill that would have denied federal funds for the continued review of the Weaver’s Cove LNG regasification project failed to advance in the U.S. Senate last week. The Boston Globe provides additional...
New England Senators Continue Efforts to Halt Federal Review of Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on Dec 16, 2010 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on New England Senators Continue Efforts to Halt Federal Review of Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
The Fall River Herald News reports that U.S. Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Scott Brown (R-Mass.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) continue to press their colleagues in the Senate to prevent the use of federal funds to review the Weaver’s Cove LNG project application. A number of Massachusetts congressional representatives are pressing for similar legislation in...
U.S. Officials Interested in Trinidad’s LNG Infrastructure
Posted on Dec 7, 2010 in Liquefaction, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on U.S. Officials Interested in Trinidad’s LNG Infrastructure
A U.S. State Department document leaked last month outlined a request from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that American embassy officials in Trinidad gather information on the country’s Atlantic LNG liquefaction facility. Newsday (Trinidad & Tobago) reports that the request was part of a global effort for U.S. officials to gather information on critical infrastructure...