Analysis Examines Interests on Both Sides of LNG Export Debate
Posted on Dec 22, 2011 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Analysis Examines Interests on Both Sides of LNG Export Debate
An analysis carried in today’s Wall Street Journal examines the claims of both sides of the debate over whether to authorize the export of domestic U.S. natural gas as LNG to markets overseas on a large...
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Posted on Dec 22, 2011 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on December 23 to January 2
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Excelerate, PREPA Agree on Year-Round FSRU for Offshore Puerto Rico
Posted on Dec 22, 2011 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Excelerate, PREPA Agree on Year-Round FSRU for Offshore Puerto Rico
Excelerate Energy and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) have agreed to install the Aquirre GasPort offshore Puerto Rico. The project will include one of Excelerate’s floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) for the receipt and regasification of imported LNG. A press release notes that the project requires authorization from...
Savannah Resident Suggests Southern LNG May Be Planning for Future LNG Exports
Posted on Dec 19, 2011 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Savannah Resident Suggests Southern LNG May Be Planning for Future LNG Exports
Savannah resident Kent Harrington told the Savannah Morning News that he believes that the relocation of a compressor station for the Elba Express Pipeline could signal future plans of LNG export from the Elba Island LNG terminal. A spokesperson for terminal-owner Southern LNG responded to this theory by saying that the company’s customers are interested in better serving natural...
Cheniere to Develop Corpus Christi Site as an LNG Export Project
Posted on Dec 16, 2011 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Cheniere to Develop Corpus Christi Site as an LNG Export Project
Cheniere Energy announced this morning that it will develop a site in Corpus Christi, Texas, as an LNG liquefaction and export facility. The company previously planned the Corpus Christi LNG project for the site, but now hopes to use the site to export natural gas from the nearby Eagle Ford shale play as...
EPA Issues Air Permit for Port Dolphin LNG Project
Posted on Dec 16, 2011 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on EPA Issues Air Permit for Port Dolphin LNG Project
On December 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final Prevention of Significant Deterioration air permit for the Port Dolphin LNG deepwater port project. This permit, announced in yesterday’s Federal Register, regulates air pollutant emissions from the planned LNG deepwater...