European LNG Headlines
Posted on Mar 4, 2010 in Financing, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Europe to Favor LNG over Shale Plays: Analysts (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription required] Poland Arranges Financing for LNG Import Terminal (Business Week)
Op-Ed Raises Safety, Economic and Environmental Concerns with Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on Mar 4, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed Raises Safety, Economic and Environmental Concerns with Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
The Providence Journal carries an op-ed today written by John Torgan, director of advocacy for Save the Bay, which cites safety, economic and environmental concerns as reasons to oppose the Weaver’s Cove LNG...
Province of New Brunswick Responds to Calais LNG
Posted on Mar 4, 2010 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Province of New Brunswick Responds to Calais LNG
The Province of New Brunswick has filed an answer this week to comments Calais LNG made regarding a motion to reject and other comments previously filed with FERC by the Province. Notably, New Brunswick rejects Calais LNG’s assertion that FERC should limit the scope of the Province’s intervention in this proceeding, emphasizing that Calais LNG mischaracterized FERC’s...
Elba Island LNG Terminal Expansion, Elba Express Pipeline Placed In Service
Posted on Mar 3, 2010 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Elba Island LNG Terminal Expansion, Elba Express Pipeline Placed In Service
El Paso Corp. announced yesterday that it has placed the Elba Island LNG Terminal Expansion and Elba Express natural gas pipeline in service. The company says that the three new vaporizer units that were part of the expansion have raised the facility’s sendout capacity to 1.75 Bcf/d. A new storage tank, also part of the expansion, will be placed in service this summer. Reuters...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Mar 3, 2010 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Georgia Commits to Transiting LNG for Bulgaria (Novinite)
Local Officials Present Opposition to Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on Mar 3, 2010 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Officials Present Opposition to Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Four local officials testified against the Weaver’s Cove LNG project yesterday before a Rhode Island Senate task force reviewing the LNG proposal. The Providence Journal reports that the officials, which included fire chiefs and town administrators, raised security and environmental...