Golden Pass LNG Terminal Expecting Commissioning Cargo in August or September
Posted on Jan 29, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Golden Pass LNG Terminal Expecting Commissioning Cargo in August or September
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that Golden Pass LNG expects to receive its first commissioning cargo in August or September of 2010.
Opponents of Bradwood Landing LNG Project File Brief with Ninth Circuit
Posted on Jan 29, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Opponents of Bradwood Landing LNG Project File Brief with Ninth Circuit
A number of non-profit groups filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit this week arguing that FERC did not adequately assess the environmental impacts of the Bradwood Landing LNG project on local resources and that the local energy market does not require LNG imports. The groups ask the court to vacate FERC’s order authorizing construction of the...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Jan 28, 2010 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Total Silent Over Dunkirk LNG Terminal Talk (Lloyd’s List) [Subscription required] LNG Helps Reduce UK Winter Gas Prices: Traders (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription required]
FERC Chairman Says Carbon Emissions from Upstream Production and LNG Transport Should Be Accounted for in Environmental Review
Posted on Jan 28, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Chairman Says Carbon Emissions from Upstream Production and LNG Transport Should Be Accounted for in Environmental Review
Speaking at an event in Portland, Ore., FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff said that he believes life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of LNG, including GHG emissions from production and transport via vessel, should be included in the environmental review of LNG regasification terminals proposed in the United States. Chairman Wellinghoff also noted that FERC does not have...
FERC Planning On-Site Inspection of Lake Charles LNG Facility
Posted on Jan 28, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Planning On-Site Inspection of Lake Charles LNG Facility
FERC is planning an on-site inspection of the Lake Charles LNG import facility on March 23-24, 2010. This inspection will serve as the Commission’s annual post-certification review of the facility. FERC’s notice of the inspection and request for information from Trunkline LNG is available in the Commission’s eLibrary under Docket No....
CLNG Op-Ed: LNG Industry Committed to Safety and Security
Posted on Jan 27, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on CLNG Op-Ed: LNG Industry Committed to Safety and Security
Responding to a previous op-ed piece, Bill Cooper, President of the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas, writes in today’s Boston Globe that “[t]he security regime surrounding LNG shipments is the most robust of any cargo imported into the United States.” Cooper asserts that the proposed deliveries of LNG to the Everett LNG facility sourced from Yemen will undergo...