Massachusetts Questions Weaver’s Cove Analysis of Regional Gas Market
Posted on Nov 20, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Massachusetts Questions Weaver’s Cove Analysis of Regional Gas Market
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources provided comments to FERC this week regarding a regional natural gas market study submitted by Weaver’s Cove Energy. The Department asserted “that it is unclear to what extent, if any, Weaver’s Cove’s LNG supply is needed either to meet the region’s gas supply needs or to reduce fossil [fuel] use in the...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Nov 19, 2009 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Shtokman Production Delayed Two Years (Wall Street Journal) [Subscription required] E.ON Boosts Gas Trading as Oil Rally Skews Contracts (Bloomberg) Conference Speakers Call for More European Terminal Access (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription...
Federal Magistrate Recommends Partial Summary Judgment in Favor of Oregon LNG in Suit Against Port of Astoria
Posted on Nov 19, 2009 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Federal Magistrate Recommends Partial Summary Judgment in Favor of Oregon LNG in Suit Against Port of Astoria
Federal Magistrate Judge John Jelderks issued a recommendation this week to grant Oregon LNG’s motion for partial summary judgment in the terminal developer’s ongoing lawsuit against the Port of Astoria. Oregon LNG’s lawsuit alleges that the Port breached its agreement to extend the Port’s land lease with the State of Oregon for thirty years if Oregon LNG...
Gaz Metro CEO: LNG Supply Agreement for Rabaska LNG “Unlikely in the Short Term”
Posted on Nov 19, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Gaz Metro CEO: LNG Supply Agreement for Rabaska LNG “Unlikely in the Short Term”
Sophie Brochu, CEO of Gaz Metro, told the Montreal Gazette that negotiations with Gazprom for LNG supply for the proposed Rabaska LNG import terminal have “slowed” and that “signing of an agreement is unlikely in the short term.” Brochu cited uncertainties in the financial, commodity, and construction markets as reasons for the...
Oregon LNG Files Minutes of Interagency Working Group Call
Posted on Nov 19, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Oregon LNG Files Minutes of Interagency Working Group Call
Oregon LNG has filed with FERC the minutes from an interagency working group conference call that describes the status of the project and the working group participants. Find the filing in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....
U.S. Trade Rep. Assures Congressman WTO Agreement Would Not Affect LNG Project Siting Authority
Posted on Nov 19, 2009 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on U.S. Trade Rep. Assures Congressman WTO Agreement Would Not Affect LNG Project Siting Authority
The Herald News (Fall River, Mass.) reports that U.S. Trade Representative Ronald Kirk wrote a letter to Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) assuring him that a proposed agreement between the United States and the World Trade Organization (WTO) would not cede authority over the siting of LNG facilities to the WTO. Trade Representative Kirk stated that his office has “reviewed the...