Passamaquoddy Tribe Tells Quoddy Bay LNG Lease Terminated
Posted on Jun 18, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Passamaquoddy Tribe Tells Quoddy Bay LNG Lease Terminated
The Bangor Daily News reports that earlier this week the Passamaquoddy Tribe informed Quoddy Bay LNG that the tribe has voted to terminate a lease for land to be used to develop an LNG import facility. Tribal Councilor Ed Bassett told the Daily News that language in the lease stated that either party could terminate the lease. President of Quoddy Bay LNG Donald Smith raised questions...
Repsol Executive Suggests Floating LNG for Offshore Atlantic Canada
Posted on Jun 18, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Repsol Executive Suggests Floating LNG for Offshore Atlantic Canada
Denis Marcoux of Repsol told the St. John Telegram (Newfoundland) that one possible source of LNG for the Canaport LNG terminal is offshore Newfoundland. Marcoux suggested that the natural gas could be liquefied offshore aboard a floating facility and transported to Canaport for...
Cameron LNG Making Final Preparations to Receive Initial LNG Cargo
Posted on Jun 17, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Cameron LNG Making Final Preparations to Receive Initial LNG Cargo
Reuters reports that Cameron LNG is making final preparations before receiving its first LNG cargo. The LNG carrier British Diamond, anchored offshore Louisiana, is expected to deliver the commissioning cargo to Cameron...
Commissioning Cargo En Route to Canaport LNG Terminal
Posted on Jun 17, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Commissioning Cargo En Route to Canaport LNG Terminal
The LNG carrier Bilbao Knutsen is en route from Trinidad to the Canaport LNG import terminal to deliver a commissioning cargo to the facility. According to the Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick), the vessel is expected to arrive at the Canaport LNG terminal on June...
Public Officials’ Refusal to Sign Non-Disclosure Agreement Delays Weaver’s Cove LNG Meeting
Posted on Jun 17, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Public Officials’ Refusal to Sign Non-Disclosure Agreement Delays Weaver’s Cove LNG Meeting
The Fall River Herald News (Mass.) reports that because Massachusetts State Rep. Raymond Gallison (D-Bristol) and Somerset Selectman Lorne Lawless refused to sign non-disclosure agreements required by FERC yesterday before a technical conference on the Weaver’s Cove LNG project, the meeting was...
StatoilHydro, RasGas Agree on Short-Term LNG Supply Deal
Posted on Jun 17, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on StatoilHydro, RasGas Agree on Short-Term LNG Supply Deal
A spokesperson for StatoilHydro told Reuters that the company has reached an agreement with Qatar’s RasGas for short-term LNG supply for the Cove Point LNG import terminal. Although few details of the agreement have been made public, the StatoilHydro representative said that “[t]he number of LNG cargos actually delivered to Statoil at Cove Point will depend on such factors...