New York State Energy Plan Supports LNG
Posted on Oct 5, 2009 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on New York State Energy Plan Supports LNG
Newsday reports that the Draft 2009 New York State Energy Plan supports LNG import projects generally as a means to maintain a flexible natural gas market in the long run. The plan does not endorse any of the proposed LNG projects proposed off the Mid-Atlantic United...
Canaport LNG to Invest in Restoring Wetlands in New Brunswick
Posted on Oct 2, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canaport LNG to Invest in Restoring Wetlands in New Brunswick
Canaport LNG has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the town of Hampton, New Brunswick, to restore a decommissioned lagoon that was used to process sewage effluent from nearby homes. The Telegraph-Journal reports that Canaport LNG must restore a total of approximately 48 hectares of wetlands to comply with provincial requirements and that this project will restore nearly 9...
EPA Seeks Reconsideration of FERC’s Denial of Cooperating Agency Status in Weaver’s Cove LNG
Posted on Oct 2, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on EPA Seeks Reconsideration of FERC’s Denial of Cooperating Agency Status in Weaver’s Cove LNG
This morning EPA filed a letter requesting that FERC reconsider its denial to grant EPA cooperating agency status in the Weaver’s Cove LNG terminal proceeding. The letter addresses FERC’s concern that EPA would not provide assurance that the agency would not release pre-decisional information. EPA also notes that a CEQ memorandum cited by FERC’s letter denying...
NMFS Concurs with FERC: No Significant Negative Impacts from Cove Point LNG Pier Reinforcement Project
Posted on Oct 2, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on NMFS Concurs with FERC: No Significant Negative Impacts from Cove Point LNG Pier Reinforcement Project
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) informed FERC last week that it concurs with the Commission’s determination that no threatened or endangered species will be adversely affected by the planned Cove Point LNG terminal pier reinforcement project. NMFS’ letter is available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....
Canaport LNG Expected to Receive Cargo Oct. 5
Posted on Oct 1, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canaport LNG Expected to Receive Cargo Oct. 5
Reuters reports that Repsol YPF’s Bilbao Knutsen LNG vessel is expected to arrive at the Canaport LNG terminal on October 5, 2009. The vessel, which is the seventh to arrive at Canaport since the terminal came online in June, is carrying LNG sourced from Trinidad &...
GDF Suez Considering Diverting Yemen LNG Cargos from U.S. Market to India
Posted on Oct 1, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on GDF Suez Considering Diverting Yemen LNG Cargos from U.S. Market to India
Zawya Dow Jones (carried via Wall Street Journal) reports that GDF Suez has approached the Yemeni government with a request to divert LNG cargos from the country’s liquefaction facility originally destined for the United States to regasification terminals in India. An industry consultant with Wood MacKenzie noted that by diverting cargos from U.S. to Indian destinations savings...