European LNG Headlines
Posted on Mar 15, 2012 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Storage | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Greece’s DESFA Calls for Bids to Build Third LNG Storage Tank (Bloomberg)
Local Group Disputes Claim that New England Needs Natural Gas from Downeast LNG Project
Posted on Mar 15, 2012 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Local Group Disputes Claim that New England Needs Natural Gas from Downeast LNG Project
Save Passamaquoddy Bay, a local LNG opposition group, submitted a market analysis to FERC that concludes that natural gas markets in the U.S. Northeast do not require the additional gas that would be imported by the planned Downeast LNG regasification project. The analysis is available in FERC’s eLibrary under Docket No....
FERC Approves Settlement for Second Cooling Cargo for Cove Point LNG Facility
Posted on Mar 13, 2012 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Approves Settlement for Second Cooling Cargo for Cove Point LNG Facility
Yesterday, FERC issued a letter order approving the settlement agreement for the second LNG cargo to be delivered to the Cove Point LNG import terminal to maintain “cryogenic portions of the [t]erminal cooled to the temperature necessary to receive LNG imports.” The order is available in FERC’s eLibrary under Docket No....
Mexico’s Manzanillo Terminal to Receive First Cargo
Posted on Mar 13, 2012 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Mexico’s Manzanillo Terminal to Receive First Cargo
Mexico’s LNG terminal at Manzanillo is expected to receive its first LNG cargo late this week according to Platts. The LNG will be sourced from Repsol’s Camisea project in Peru and will mark the initial shipment for the Mexican Federal Electricity Commission, a new player in the Mexican wholesale gas...
Cheniere Requests FERC Action
Posted on Mar 12, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Cheniere Requests FERC Action
On March 8, 2012, Cheniere Energy, Inc. filed a letter with FERC requesting that the Commission issue an order approving Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG Liquefaction Project no later than March 15, 2012. Cheniere stated that failure to receive FERC authorization by that date could result in delays in construction of the project and significant price increases. Cheniere’s letter is...
Broadwater LNG Requests FERC to Vacate Previous Authorization for Regasification Facility
Posted on Mar 8, 2012 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Broadwater LNG Requests FERC to Vacate Previous Authorization for Regasification Facility
In a letter dated yesterday, Broadwater Pipeline LLC informed FERC that the company has decided not to construct its planned LNG import and regasification project and asked that the Commission vacate its previous authorization for the project. The letter is available in FERC’s eLibrary under Docket No....