LNG Cargo Expected to Arrive at Costa Azul Terminal Today
Posted on Mar 30, 2010 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on LNG Cargo Expected to Arrive at Costa Azul Terminal Today
Reuters reports that an LNG cargo is expected to arrive at Mexico’s Costa Azul LNG import facility today. The cargo originated at the Tangguh LNG liquefaction plant in Indonesia and is aboard the LNG vessel Tangguh...
Sierra Club to Host Meeting on Jordan Cove LNG Tonight
Posted on Mar 30, 2010 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Sierra Club to Host Meeting on Jordan Cove LNG Tonight
The Sierra Club and other environmental groups opposed to the Jordan Cove LNG import project and associated natural gas pipeline will host a public meeting in Medford, Ore., tonight. The Mail Tribune provides further...
El Paso Corp. Sells 51% Interest in Southern LNG, Elba Express Pipeline to El Paso Pipeline Partners
Posted on Mar 29, 2010 in Financing, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on El Paso Corp. Sells 51% Interest in Southern LNG, Elba Express Pipeline to El Paso Pipeline Partners
Last week El Paso Pipeline Partners LP announced that it plans to take a 51% interest in Southern LNG Company LLC and El Paso Elba Express Co. LLC from El Paso Corp. for a purchase price of $810 million. This announcement follows a comment made earlier this month by an El Paso Corp. executive, who said that the company was considering selling the Elba Island LNG terminal and the...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Mar 29, 2010 in Environmental, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Lithuania Wants to Build LNG Terminal (Ria Novosti) Croat Environment Ministry OKs Adria LNG (Reuters) Italy’s Adriatic LNG Terminal Offers Some Berthing Slots to Third Parties (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription required] UK’s Dragon LNG Terminal Offers Two Spare Berthing Slots (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription...
PHMSA Determines Agency Has Jurisdiction Over Weaver’s Cove LNG Pipeline Proposal
Posted on Mar 29, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on PHMSA Determines Agency Has Jurisdiction Over Weaver’s Cove LNG Pipeline Proposal
The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) has determined that the agency has jurisdiction over the “pipe in pipe” LNG transfer system proposed by Weaver’s Cove LNG. PHMSA also concluded that the siting requirements for marine cargo transfer systems, found at 49 C.F.R. part 193, apply to the planned “pipe in pipe” system....
Port Commissioners, Oregon LNG Meet to Discuss Sublease Extension
Posted on Mar 29, 2010 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Port Commissioners, Oregon LNG Meet to Discuss Sublease Extension
Representatives for Oregon LNG and the Port of Astoria were scheduled to meet last Friday to discuss how the parties should implement a federal judge’s order that the Port permit Oregon LNG to exercise its option to extend a sublease of the site that the company plans to use for its LNG import terminal. The Daily Astorian also notes that the Port has until April 8 to appeal the...