Cargos Unloading at Sabine Pass, Lake Charles
Posted on Mar 26, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Cargos Unloading at Sabine Pass, Lake Charles
NATS [subscription required] reports that LNG tankers have docked and are unloading cargos today at the Sabine Pass and Lake Charles terminals.
House Passes Measure to Designate Taunton River ‘Wild and Scenic’
Posted on Mar 26, 2009 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on House Passes Measure to Designate Taunton River ‘Wild and Scenic’
On Wednesday the U.S. House of Representatives approved an omnibus federal lands package that would designate part of the Taunton River as “wild and scenic” under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, effectively ending the bid by Weaver’s Cove LNG to site a regasification facility there. An identical measure already has been approved by the Senate; the bill now heads to...
New Brunswick, Maine Announce ‘Energy Corridor’
Posted on Mar 26, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on New Brunswick, Maine Announce ‘Energy Corridor’
Fueled by a plan from Irving Oil to develop a 1,500 MW electric transmission line from New Brunswick to the New England States, yesterday New Brunswick Premiere Shawn Graham and Maine Governor John Baldacci (D) announced the creation of a cross-border “energy corridor,” that will consist of new generation and transmission capacity. Jeff Matthews, Irving’s Director of...
Fall River Reaffirms Opposition to Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on Mar 25, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Fall River Reaffirms Opposition to Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
On Tuesday, the Fall River City Council voted 8-1 on two resolutions regarding the revised Weaver’s Cove LNG import project planned for a site along the Taunton River. The first resolution barred the project developers from discussing the project with the City Council, while the second resolution reaffirmed the City Council’s opposition to the project. The Herald News...
Osaka Gas to Consider Acquiring Regasification Rights in Freeport LNG
Posted on Mar 25, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Osaka Gas to Consider Acquiring Regasification Rights in Freeport LNG
Osaka Gas, Japan’s second-largest city natural gas supplier, announced this week that it will stop all spot purchases of LNG in the April 2009-March 2010 fiscal year and will seek to increase its LNG equity production. In connection with this announcement, the company also indicated that it would consider acquiring regasification rights in the Freeport LNG import terminal, where...
Sabine Pass, Elba Island LNG Terminals Expecting Spring Cargos
Posted on Mar 25, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Sabine Pass, Elba Island LNG Terminals Expecting Spring Cargos
Reuters reports that a spokesperson for Total Gas & Power indicated that the company expects to deliver its first cargo of LNG to the Sabine Pass LNG import terminal in mid-April. Separately, Reuters also reports that BG Group’s LNG vessel, Methane Alison Victoria, is expected to arrive at the Elba Island import terminal on April...