Consultant: LNG to Compete with Marcellus Shale for Share of Gas Market in U.S. Northeast
Posted on Sep 25, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Consultant: LNG to Compete with Marcellus Shale for Share of Gas Market in U.S. Northeast
Deepa Poduval, an energy consultant with Black and Veatch, said yesterday that she expects LNG imports via terminals on the U.S. East Coast to compete with natural gas production from the Marcellus Shale formation for market share in the U.S. Northeast in the coming years. According to Platts LNG Daily [subscription required], Poduval said that LNG will remain a key destination for...
Arguments Today before 4th Circuit on Sparrows Point LNG Import Project
Posted on Sep 24, 2009 in Environmental, Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Arguments Today before 4th Circuit on Sparrows Point LNG Import Project
The Baltimore Sun reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit will hear oral arguments today regarding Sparrows Point LNG’s Petition for Review of the Maryland Department of the Environment’s (MDOE) denial of a water quality certification for the LNG proposal. The MDOE denied the certification because Sparrows Point LNG did not provide an adequate plan for...
Editorial: Canadian Officials Protecting Canadian Interests By Opposing LNG Vessel Traffic in Head Harbour Passage
Posted on Sep 24, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Editorial: Canadian Officials Protecting Canadian Interests By Opposing LNG Vessel Traffic in Head Harbour Passage
An editorial in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal argues that Canada’s federal officials are acting in Canadians’ interests by opposing LNG vessel traffic in the Head Harbour Passage and Passamaquoddy Bay. The piece states that New Brunswick and Canadian officials respect FERC’s jurisdiction over energy facilities in the United States, but notes that U.S. officials...
Potential Meth Lab Contamination at Issue in Jordan Cove LNG Zoning Change Approval
Posted on Sep 24, 2009 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Potential Meth Lab Contamination at Issue in Jordan Cove LNG Zoning Change Approval
The Coos County Commissioners approved this week a zoning change for the Kentuck Golf Course, potentially allowing developers of the Jordan Cove LNG import project to flood part of the golf course for wetlands replacement. However, one commissioner voted against the plan, saying that contamination from a methamphetamine lab that was previously on the property could leach into Coos Bay...
Canadian Municipality Required to Pay More Than $1M for Site of Maple LNG Project
Posted on Sep 23, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Canadian Municipality Required to Pay More Than $1M for Site of Maple LNG Project
The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board determined this week that an individual landowner who owns property that would be used to build the proposed Maple LNG project, as well as serve as the point where an offshore gas pipeline comes ashore, should have been paid more than $1 million when his land was appropriated by the local government for the energy projects. Previously, the...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Sep 23, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
RWE Creates Dutch Gas Contract; LNG Implications (Platts LNG Daily) [subscription required] Italian Government Decides No Environmental Compatibility Decree Needed for Pipeline Associated with OLT LNG (Platts LNG Daily) [subscription...