County Officials Will Not Oppose Liberty LNG Pipeline
Posted on Dec 20, 2010 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Officials Will Not Oppose Liberty LNG Pipeline
Leaders for Middlesex County, N.J., said last week that they will not urge Liberty Natural Gas to reconsider plans for the natural gas pipeline associated with the company’s proposed LNG deepwater port. Read more in...
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...
Jamaican Government Establishes Committee to Oversee Development of LNG Import Project
Posted on Dec 17, 2010 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Jamaican Government Establishes Committee to Oversee Development of LNG Import Project
Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding announced yesterday that he has established a ministerial committee comprised of several members of his cabinet to oversee the development of the country’s planned LNG import project. A subordinate steering committee that reports to the ministerial committee will be responsible for financial investment decisions, the commercial structure of...
Calais LNG Withdraws Project Applications from Maine BEP
Posted on Dec 16, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Calais LNG Withdraws Project Applications from Maine BEP
Calais LNG has withdrawn its applications pending before Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) to construct an LNG import terminal and associated pipeline infrastructure, pledging to refile its applications at a later date. The Associated Press (via Bloomberg) provides additional...
Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Sempra Energy
Posted on Dec 16, 2010 in Canada & Mexico, Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Sempra Energy
Concluding that Mexican authorities, and not Sempra Energy, were responsible for harm suffered by plaintiff Ramon Eugenio Sanchez Ritchie, U.S. District Court Judge Janis Sammartino dismissed a lawsuit filed by Sanchez Ritchie against Sempra concerning property near the Energia Costa Azul LNG terminal. The San Diego Union Tribune offers 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...