ExxonMobil Executive: Golden Pass LNG Terminal On Track for Q3 Start-Up
Posted on Jun 8, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on ExxonMobil Executive: Golden Pass LNG Terminal On Track for Q3 Start-Up
Senior Vice President Andrew Swiger of ExxonMobil said this week that the Golden Pass LNG import facility is on pace to begin operations in August or September of this year. Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] offers additional...
Winner of California’s Lieutenant Governor Race to Have Significant Role in LNG Development
Posted on Jun 8, 2010 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Winner of California’s Lieutenant Governor Race to Have Significant Role in LNG Development
According to the a story in the Contra Costa Times, the California lieutenant governor’s race amounts to a race for a seat on the California State Lands Commission, a body that must approve any port facility on or off California’s coasts. The story identifies the seat on the commission as a significant responsibility of the lieutenant governor and notes that the commission has...
FERC Determines No Willful Misconduct by Oregon Pipeline Project Developers
Posted on Jun 7, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Determines No Willful Misconduct by Oregon Pipeline Project Developers
Last Friday FERC released its report following three administrative fact finding hearings on the conduct of the developers of the Oregon Pipeline project. The report, available in the Commission’s eLibrary under Docket No. AD10-6, concludes that the developers of the project did not engage in any willful...
Louisiana Senator Expresses Support for Cheniere’s LNG Export Proposal
Posted on Jun 7, 2010 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Louisiana Senator Expresses Support for Cheniere’s LNG Export Proposal
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.) issued a statement last week expressing her support for Cheniere Energy’s proposal to liquefy domestic natural gas and export it as LNG from the Sabine Pass LNG facility. Senator Landrieu noted that the Haynesville Shale play, located in northwest Louisiana, could provide significant natural gas supplies to “allow the U.S. to become a major...
R.I. Senate Task Force Recommends Opposition to Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on Jun 7, 2010 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on R.I. Senate Task Force Recommends Opposition to Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
In a report released last week, a task force instituted by the Rhode Island Senate recommended that the state oppose the Weaver’s Cove LNG import facility and urged FERC to deny the project developer’s application to construct the facility. The Providence Journal offers further...
Cheniere Announces Plans to Add Liquefaction Capability to Sabine Pass LNG Facility
Posted on Jun 4, 2010 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Cheniere Announces Plans to Add Liquefaction Capability to Sabine Pass LNG Facility
Yesterday Cheniere Energy, Inc. announced plans to add liquefaction capability to its Sabine Pass LNG facility in southern Louisiana. The proposal initially would include two LNG liquefaction trains with liquefaction capacity of approximately 1 Bcf/d. NATS Daily Market Comment offers additional analysis of this proposal [subscription...