Funds to Continue Evaluating Weaver’s Cove LNG Project Approved at Town Meeting
Posted on Dec 2, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Funds to Continue Evaluating Weaver’s Cove LNG Project Approved at Town Meeting
Local residents convened at a town meeting in Fall River, Mass., last night and approved spending $85,000 for consulting and legal services to assist the town in its ongoing evaluation of the Weaver’s Cove LNG project. Read more in the Herald...
Analysis Examines Socioeconomic Implications of Global LNG Trade
Posted on Dec 1, 2008 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Analysis Examines Socioeconomic Implications of Global LNG Trade
An analysis published by Monthly Review examines the potential socioeconomic and political challenges and opportunities facing both LNG exporting and importing nations as global LNG trade becomes more integrated, using Nigeria’s Bonny Island LNG liquefaction and Mexico’s Altamira LNG import terminals as case...
Crown Landing Seeks Extension of Time to Construct
Posted on Dec 1, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Crown Landing Seeks Extension of Time to Construct
BP’s Crown Landing LLC has requested that FERC extend its deadline to construct and place its terminal into service from June 20, 2009 to October 31, 2013. Crown Landing’s extension request is available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No. CP04-411. The Wilmington News Journal (Del.) and the Sunbeam (Salem County, N.J.) offer additional...
Major Energy Companies Considering Floating LNG Projects
Posted on Dec 1, 2008 in Liquefaction, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Major Energy Companies Considering Floating LNG Projects
Reuters (carried via the Globe and Mail) reports that a number of major global energy companies are considering pursuing floating LNG liquefaction and regasification projects. Neil Duffin, head of ExxonMobil’s project development unit, noted that Exxon’s proposed BlueOcean Energy project, which includes the use of a floating regasification terminal off the coast of New...
New York Agencies Seek Judicial Review of FERC’s Approval of Broadwater LNG
Posted on Nov 26, 2008 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on New York Agencies Seek Judicial Review of FERC’s Approval of Broadwater LNG
The New York State Departments of State and Environmental Conservation have joined Suffolk County in petitioning the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit seeking judicial review of FERC’s approval of the Broadwater LNG project. The Times Review (Suffolk, N.Y.) reports that the petition claims that FERC violated the federal Coastal Zone Management Act, the Clean Water Act,...
Port Dolphin LNG Developers Examining Options for Alternative Gas Pipeline Route
Posted on Nov 26, 2008 in Environmental, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Port Dolphin LNG Developers Examining Options for Alternative Gas Pipeline Route
The developers backing the Port Dolphin LNG deepwater port project will spend the next two weeks analyzing data from surveys of the ocean floor to help determine a new route for a proposed pipeline that will transport regasified natural gas 28 miles from the offshore project site to the Florida mainland. Port Dolphin needed to find a new path for the pipeline in part due to local...