FERC Authorizes Bradwood Landing LNG Project
Posted on Sep 18, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Authorizes Bradwood Landing LNG Project
Today FERC approved the Bradwood Landing LNG import terminal, the first LNG import project authorized for the U.S. West Coast. FERC Chairman Joseph Kelliher said the Commission’s primary focus is “safety considerations” and that the authorization is conditioned on the project meeting over one hundred stipulations to “assure safety and mitigate environmental...
FERC Expected to Address Bradwood Landing LNG Application Today
Posted on Sep 18, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Expected to Address Bradwood Landing LNG Application Today
FERC is expected to issue a decision on the Bradwood Landing LNG terminal application at its meeting scheduled for today. They are expected to approve the project, conditioned on, among other things, state agencies granting certain approvals as well. The Oregonian offers additional...
Trunkline LNG Back Online Following Hurricane Ike
Posted on Sep 17, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Trunkline LNG Back Online Following Hurricane Ike
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that the Trunkline LNG import terminal in Lake Charles, La., came back online Tuesday. The facility was shut down in anticipation of Hurricane...
U.S. State Department Endorses USTDA Grants for European LNG Projects
Posted on Sep 17, 2008 in Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on U.S. State Department Endorses USTDA Grants for European LNG Projects
Yesterday the U.S. Department of State released a statement supporting grants issued by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to the Lithuanian government and Romanian firm Romgaz to fund feasibility studies for LNG proposals in those countries. The statement went on to note that “[l]iquefied natural gas is part of a secure global energy future,” and that...
Voters Reject Natural Gas Pipelines on Land Zoned for Parks and Recreation
Posted on Sep 17, 2008 in Pipelines, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Voters Reject Natural Gas Pipelines on Land Zoned for Parks and Recreation
Residents of Clatsop County, Ore., voted yesterday to overturn a decision by the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners that would have allowed a natural gas pipeline associated with the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal to cross land zoned as open spaces, parks, and recreation. The Daily Astorian provides additional...
Daily Letters to the Editor
Posted on Sep 16, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Daily Letters to the Editor
Daily Astorian (opposed to the Bradwood Landing LNG project)