Citing Changes in Global Gas Market, Jamaican Prime Minister Defends Commitment to LNG Imports
Posted on Dec 6, 2010 in Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Citing Changes in Global Gas Market, Jamaican Prime Minister Defends Commitment to LNG Imports
Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding recently defended his government’s decision to pursue LNG imports as an energy source for the island nation. He noted that increases in global gas supplies, specifically natural gas from U.S. shale gas plays, suggest that gas prices could be advantageous for importers like Jamaica. Read more in the Jamaica...
Editorial Encourages Senators to Let Federal Review of Weaver’s Cove LNG Project Continue
Posted on Dec 2, 2010 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial Encourages Senators to Let Federal Review of Weaver’s Cove LNG Project Continue
An editorial carried by the Providence Journal argues that the U.S. senators who sent a letter last month to their colleagues asking them to restrict the use of federal funds to complete the regulatory review of the Weaver’s Cove LNG import project should allow the review process to continue. Separately, the LNG Threat Committee, a local group opposed to the Weaver’s Cove...
Weaver’s Cove Energy Responds to Senators’ Efforts to Block LNG Project Approval
Posted on Nov 29, 2010 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove Energy Responds to Senators’ Efforts to Block LNG Project Approval
The CEO of Weaver’s Cove Energy, Gordon Shearer, has submitted a letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development encouraging lawmakers to allow the federal permitting process for the proposed Weaver’s Cove LNG terminal to continue. Earlier this month, the U.S. Senators from Massachusetts and Rhode Island asked their colleagues on the...
Massachusetts, Rhode Island Senators Encourage Colleagues to Prevent FERC Approval of Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on Nov 5, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Massachusetts, Rhode Island Senators Encourage Colleagues to Prevent FERC Approval of Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
United States Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.), Scott Brown (R-Mass.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) circulated a letter among their colleagues on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development encouraging them to prohibit FERC from using federal funds to approve the Weaver’s Cove LNG project. The senators’ request mirrors a provision...
Secretary Clinton Offers Assistance for PNG LNG Resource Management
Posted on Nov 5, 2010 in Liquefaction, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Secretary Clinton Offers Assistance for PNG LNG Resource Management
During her visit to Papua New Guinea (PNG) this week, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered assistance to the PNG government in managing the resources for and the wealth arising from the PNG LNG liquefaction and export project. According to UPI, Sec. Clinton noted that the “resource curse” affecting developing nations with substantial natural resources could make...
Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Asks FERC for Response to Request to Rescind Approval for Weaver’s Cove
Posted on Nov 1, 2010 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Asks FERC for Response to Request to Rescind Approval for Weaver’s Cove
Last month four members of Massachusetts’ congressional delegation — Sens. John Kerry (D) and Scott Brown (R) and Reps. Barney Frank (D) and James McGovern — sent a letter to FERC requesting a formal response to a request by two Massachusetts residents that the Commission rescind its previous approval of the Weaver’s Cove LNG import project. The request states...