FERC Dismisses Quoddy Bay LNG Applications
Posted on Oct 17, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Dismisses Quoddy Bay LNG Applications
Today FERC formally dismissed the applications of Quoddy Bay LNG LLC to build and operate an LNG import terminal and associated pipelines. FERC cited Quoddy Bay LNG’s failure to provide previously requested information and failure to offer further information regarding the possible changes to the project design. FERC’s letter order, available in the FERC eLibrary under...
Suez Completes Neptune Natural Gas Pipeline
Posted on Oct 17, 2008 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Suez Completes Neptune Natural Gas Pipeline
Suez LNG NA announced yesterday that it has completed construction of the offshore natural gas pipeline associated with the Neptune LNG deepwater port. Suez’s press release (carried via MarketWatch.com) provides additional...
County Official Predicts Millions in Tax Revenue for Local Coffers from Gulf LNG
Posted on Oct 16, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Official Predicts Millions in Tax Revenue for Local Coffers from Gulf LNG
Jackson County (Miss.) Tax Assessor Benny Goff estimates that the Gulf LNG import terminal will net the county approximately $14 million in tax revenue annually once it begins commercial operations. The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.) provides additional...
Local Stakeholders to Intervene in FERC Approval of Oregon LNG Proposed Regasification Terminal
Posted on Oct 15, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Stakeholders to Intervene in FERC Approval of Oregon LNG Proposed Regasification Terminal
The Hillsboro Argus (Ore.) reports that a coalition of local businesses, conservationists, and other groups plan to intervene in the FERC proceeding established to consider authorization of the Oregon LNG regasification...
Market Dynamics Affecting Sempra’s Costa Azul LNG Terminal Examined
Posted on Oct 15, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Market Dynamics Affecting Sempra’s Costa Azul LNG Terminal Examined
The third part of the KPBS series on Sempra Energy’s Energia Costa Azul LNG terminal examines market dynamics affecting the terminal. It compares expanding U.S. natural gas production from shale gas plays with the Pacific Basin LNG...
Developer of MapleLNG Project Optimistic About Ontario’s Energy Market
Posted on Oct 14, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Developer of MapleLNG Project Optimistic About Ontario’s Energy Market
4Gas, the firm developing the MapleLNG regasification project, told the Chronicle Herald (Halifax, Canada) that it is focusing on Central Canada as the target market for its imported natural gas. Speaking at an event last week, MapleLNG General Manager Derek Owen said that his company plans to use some of the existing natural gas pipeline infrastructure, but noted that “there...