NOAA Administrator Cites Offshore LNG Projects as One Reason for Addressing Marine Spatial Planning Issues
Posted on Jul 21, 2009 in Marine Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on NOAA Administrator Cites Offshore LNG Projects as One Reason for Addressing Marine Spatial Planning Issues
In an interview with the Associated Press, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco said the United States ought to consider a comprehensive marine spatial planning policy as a means to manage competing uses of ocean resources, specifically noting offshore LNG import terminals as a new competing...
City Officials Decline Offer to Discuss Weaver’s Cove LNG Project Design
Posted on Jul 20, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on City Officials Decline Offer to Discuss Weaver’s Cove LNG Project Design
City officials from Fall River, Mass., have declined an invitation by Weaver’s Cove Energy to privately discuss portions of the company’s LNG terminal design, specifically the firm’s pipe-in-pine cryogenic pipeline system, stating that the information should be released publicly. Find further information in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....
Construction Continuing on Elba Island LNG Terminal Expansion
Posted on Jul 20, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Storage | Comments Off on Construction Continuing on Elba Island LNG Terminal Expansion
The Savannah Morning News reports that construction on the Elba Island LNG terminal expansion is on schedule. A spokesperson for terminal owner El Paso Corp. told the Morning News that a new storage tank is expected to come on line in late...
Editorial Praises Investment in Gulf LNG, Other Energy Projects
Posted on Jul 20, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Editorial Praises Investment in Gulf LNG, Other Energy Projects
An editorial carried by the Mississippi Press yesterday praises investments in the Gulf LNG regasification terminal and other energy projects, suggesting that these substantial investments could attract future projects to the area. The editorial also notes that last week the Jackson County Port Authority approved funding a feasibility study for the widening of the Bayou Casotte channel...
Local Paper Provides Additional Coverage of Clatsop Commissioners’ Vote on Bradwood Landing LNG
Posted on Jul 20, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Paper Provides Additional Coverage of Clatsop Commissioners’ Vote on Bradwood Landing LNG
The Daily Astorian offers in-depth coverage of last week’s Clatsop County Board of Commissioners meeting to address two outstanding issues related to the planned Bradwood Landing LNG import...
County Commissioners Tentatively Approve Bradwood Landing LNG’s Positions on Outstanding Land Use Issues
Posted on Jul 17, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Commissioners Tentatively Approve Bradwood Landing LNG’s Positions on Outstanding Land Use Issues
The Daily Astorian (Ore.) reports that last night the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners tentatively sided with Bradwood Landing LNG on two outstanding land use issues that had been remanded by Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals. The commissioners voted 4-1 to classify the Bradwood Landing LNG facility as “small to moderate” in scale and certified that the project...