European LNG Headlines
Posted on Oct 20, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Italy’s Adriatic LNG Terminal At Full Capacity by Year End (Reuters) Edison Sees Enough Italian LNG Demand for New Plant (Reuters) (via Forbes.com) Planned Maintenance Reduces Capacity at Italy’s Panigaglia LNG Terminal (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription...
Jordan Cove LNG Requests FERC Address Application at November Meeting
Posted on Oct 19, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Jordan Cove LNG Requests FERC Address Application at November Meeting
Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P. and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, LP filed a joint request last Friday that FERC address the two complementary applications at the Commission’s November meeting. The applicants argue that the “regulatory uncertainty created by the Commission’s delay” in making a decision on these applications hurts the projects, the communities the projects will...
Quintana Councilman Asks FERC to Halt Truck Deliveries of LNG to Freeport Terminal
Posted on Oct 19, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Quintana Councilman Asks FERC to Halt Truck Deliveries of LNG to Freeport Terminal
Last week Qunitana Councilman Harold Doty requested that FERC stop deliveries of LNG via truck to the Freeport LNG terminal, stating that the facility no longer requires LNG delivered by truck. However, a spokesperson for Freeport LNG said that although the storage tanks at the facility are full at present, the company still needs the flexibility to bring LNG to the facility by truck....
Port Officials Seek Federal Funding for Cargo Dock Berth Proposed for Jordan Cove LNG Site
Posted on Oct 16, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Port Officials Seek Federal Funding for Cargo Dock Berth Proposed for Jordan Cove LNG Site
Officials with the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay have filed an application to receive a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant for $45.3 million to build a cargo dock berth at the west end of the slip dock at the planned Jordan Cove LNG facility. The World (Coos Bay, Ore.) reports that building the dock during construction of the slip for LNG vessels will...
Third Circuit Court of Appeals Hears Oral Arguments in Dispute Over Cameron LNG Site
Posted on Oct 16, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Third Circuit Court of Appeals Hears Oral Arguments in Dispute Over Cameron LNG Site
The Louisiana Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard oral arguments earlier this week regarding the ongoing dispute between the Ports of Lake Charles and West Cameron over the site of the Cameron LNG terminal. The Port of Lake Charles owns the site and leases the land to Sempra LNG for the Cameron LNG terminal. However, the site is located within the Port of West Cameron, which...
Development of Casotte Landing LNG Terminal Terminated by Chevron
Posted on Oct 15, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Development of Casotte Landing LNG Terminal Terminated by Chevron
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that Chevron has informed FERC that it has stopped development of the Casotte Landing LNG terminal project planned for the Mississippi Gulf Coast. According to Platts, Chevron cited changing dynamics in the international LNG trade as well as sufficient LNG regasification capacity in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico region as the reasons for...