European LNG Headlines
Posted on Dec 14, 2010 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland in Race for LNG Terminal (Baltic Business News) New Gas Pressure Facility to Up Milford Haven LNG Output (Reuters)
Valero Interested in Delivering LNG to Aruba
Posted on Dec 14, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Valero Interested in Delivering LNG to Aruba
Platts LNG Daily reports that Valero Energy and the Government of Aruba have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that contemplates LNG deliveries to Aruba to displace fuel oil in the island nation’s power plants. A spokesperson for Valero said that the negotiations are “very much in the discussion phase.” [Subscription...
BEP Chair Recommends Board Halt Review of Calais LNG Application
Posted on Dec 13, 2010 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on BEP Chair Recommends Board Halt Review of Calais LNG Application
In a draft order released last week, Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) Chair Susan Lessard recommended that later this week the Board halt its review of the Calais LNG project and return the application to the company. According to the Bangor Daily News, the draft order states that “Calais LNG’s applications are not ready for...
FERC Recommends FONSI for Cameron LNG Re-Export Proposal
Posted on Dec 13, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Recommends FONSI for Cameron LNG Re-Export Proposal
FERC released an Environmental Assessment Report last week analyzing the likely environmental impacts arising from Cameron LNG’s re-export proposal. In the report, Commission staff recommends that, conditioned on three environmental impact mitigation measures, a Finding of No Significant Impact be entered into the Commission’s order addressing the re-export proposal. The...
Weaver’s Cove LNG Responds to National Park Service Comments
Posted on Dec 13, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove LNG Responds to National Park Service Comments
Last Friday, Weaver’s Cove LNG responded to comments filed by the National Park Service (NPS) regarding the agency’s environmental review of the project. Specifically, Weaver’s Cove LNG asserts that “[t]he NPS’s comments in the November 10 letter are unhelpful as they rely on overly generalized purported concerns or on outdated comments.” Weaver’s...
DOE Issues Exclusion from Environmental Assessment Requirement for Sabine Pass Export Proposal
Posted on Dec 9, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on DOE Issues Exclusion from Environmental Assessment Requirement for Sabine Pass Export Proposal
Yesterday the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy issued a categorical exclusion from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement for Chevron U.S.A. Inc.’s proposal to export LNG from the Sabine Pass LNG...