Operations Resume at Excelerate’s Northeast Gateway LNG Deepwater Port
Posted on Apr 22, 2009 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Operations Resume at Excelerate’s Northeast Gateway LNG Deepwater Port
Citing analysts with Pan Eurasian Enterprises, Reuters reports that Excelerate Energy will begin delivery of an LNG cargo to the Northeast Gateway LNG deepwater port this week. Excelerate’s delivery follows a three-month shutdown of the deepwater port due to an ice blockage in Algonquin Gas Transmission’s Hubline gas...
Texas Mayor Requests Public Meeting on Trucked LNG Deliveries to Freeport LNG Terminal
Posted on Apr 21, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Texas Mayor Requests Public Meeting on Trucked LNG Deliveries to Freeport LNG Terminal
Mayor Pro Tem Wallace Neeley of Quintana, Texas, has requested that FERC hold a public hearing on issues associated with the proposal to deliver LNG via truck to the Freeport LNG terminal. The request is available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....
Pipeline Seeks FERC Authorization to Export Natural Gas to Canada
Posted on Apr 20, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Pipeline Seeks FERC Authorization to Export Natural Gas to Canada
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, LLC has filed a request with FERC to amend its authorization under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act and its Presidential Permit to allow the company to export natural gas to Canada using existing cross-border facilities, including its interconnection with the Brunswick Pipeline, which will transport regasified LNG imported via the Canaport LNG...
Repsol Official: Canaport LNG Will Close Gas Supply Gap for U.S. Northeast
Posted on Apr 20, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Repsol Official: Canaport LNG Will Close Gas Supply Gap for U.S. Northeast
Phillip Ribbeck, president of Repsol Energy North America, told Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] that his company’s Canaport LNG import terminal, currently under construction in St. John, New Brunswick, will be able to fill the natural gas supply gap that some end-users are concerned may affect the U.S. Northeast. Ribbick also expressed his doubt that the New England...
FERC Grants Extension of Time for Crown Landing LNG Project
Posted on Apr 17, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Grants Extension of Time for Crown Landing LNG Project
This morning FERC granted Crown Landing LLC and Texas Eastern Transmission, LP an extension of time until June 20, 2010, to construct the proposed Crown Landing LNG import facility and associated pipeline. FERC notes that Crown Landing will have to reinitiate FERC’s prefiling process for any modifications to its previous proposed project if and when it has a new proposal. Crown...
LNG Vessel Traffic Part of Discussion on New Brunswick-Maine Energy Corridor
Posted on Apr 17, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on LNG Vessel Traffic Part of Discussion on New Brunswick-Maine Energy Corridor
The New Brunswick Business Journal provides coverage of ongoing discussions between the leaders of New Brunswick and Maine regarding a proposed energy corridor between the two regions. The piece indicates that some supporters of the proposed LNG terminals in Maine are urging Maine elected officials to condition any state approval of an electric transmission corridor through Maine on...