Cheniere Proposes NGL Facility at Sabine Pass LNG Terminal
Posted on Mar 25, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Cheniere Proposes NGL Facility at Sabine Pass LNG Terminal
Cheniere Midstream Services, LLC and Sabine Pass LNG, L.P. have jointly requested that FERC waive pre-filing procedures for a proposed natural gas liquids (NGL) processing facility proposed for the Sabine Pass LNG terminal site. The NGL processing facility would be installed in two phases and have the capacity to process 1 Bcf/d of NGL. The facility would also have NGL storage tanks,...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Mar 25, 2010 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Balti Gaas: Regional LNG Terminal Should be in Estonia (Baltic Business News)
Op-Ed: Failure of LNG Projects Proposed for California Casts Doubt on Arguments for LNG Imports
Posted on Mar 25, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Failure of LNG Projects Proposed for California Casts Doubt on Arguments for LNG Imports
An op-ed carried by the Ventura County Star suggests that the failures of several LNG projects proposed in California, including most recently the failure of the Clearwater Port offshore LNG project, cast doubt on the necessity of LNG imports in the...
Op-Eds Argue Against Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on Mar 25, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Eds Argue Against Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Two op-ed pieces carried by the Herald News (Fall River, Mass.) this week present arguments against the planned Weaver’s Cove LNG project. The first, authored by a member of the LNG Working Group, suggests that the numerous setbacks faced by the Weaver’s Cove LNG project coupled with anticipated shale gas volumes in the Northeastern United States should convince project...
Oregon LUBA to Act on Bradwood Landing Appeal by April 6
Posted on Mar 24, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon LUBA to Act on Bradwood Landing Appeal by April 6
The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) has delayed its decision on an appeal of two Clatsop County land use findings related to the planned Bradwood Landing LNG project. LUBA previously remanded two of the County’s findings for further consideration: that the project was wrongly characterized as “small or moderate” in scale and that the facility would not...
Rhode Island Legislator Proposes Several Million Dollars in Tolls for LNG Vessels Delivering to Weaver’s Cove Terminal
Posted on Mar 24, 2010 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Rhode Island Legislator Proposes Several Million Dollars in Tolls for LNG Vessels Delivering to Weaver’s Cove Terminal
Rhode Island State Rep. Raymond E. Gallison, Jr., (D) has proposed H 7608, a bill that would require LNG vessels to pay $1 million in tolls to each of seven shoreline communities the vessel would pass to reach the Weaver’s Cove LNG terminal. According to the Herald News (Fall River, Mass.), the bill also would require LNG vessels delivering to the terminal to carry at least $1...