Proposed Rabaska LNG Project Receives Canadian Federal Approval
Posted on Mar 5, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Proposed Rabaska LNG Project Receives Canadian Federal Approval
Rabaska Inc., a joint venture of Gaz de France, Enbridge Inc. and Gaz Metro, announced yesterday that the Canadian federal government approved its proposal to build the Rabaska LNG import terminal in Quebec. The Montreal Gazette reports that federal officials would not verify the announcement at first, but did so later, citing a cabinet order-in-council granting approval. The Gazette...
Spectra Energy Official: Offshore LNG Terminals Becoming Preferred Over Onshore Facilities
Posted on Mar 5, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Spectra Energy Official: Offshore LNG Terminals Becoming Preferred Over Onshore Facilities
Patrick Hester, associate general counsel for Spectra Energy, told an audience at a Law Seminars International conference that offshore LNG import projects are becoming more attractive to investors due to heavy opposition to onshore facilities that could delay or prohibit the projects, especially on the eastern coast of the United States. Platts LNG Daily provides...
FERC Suspends Review of SES Long Beach LNG Project
Posted on Mar 4, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Suspends Review of SES Long Beach LNG Project
Yesterday FERC announced that it has suspended its review of the Sound Energy Solutions (“SES”) Long Beach LNG regasification project. According to the letter issued by FERC, SES lacks control over the proposed site of its LNG terminal. FERC indicates that if SES secures full control over the proposed site, the Commission will reinitiate processing SES’ application...
Local Official Concerned About Approval Delays for Maple LNG
Posted on Mar 4, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Local Official Concerned About Approval Delays for Maple LNG
Speaking to Canadian radio station 101.5 FM, Guysborough Warden Lloyd Hines expressed concern that environmental permits required for the Maple LNG terminal proposed for Nova Scotia, Canada, will delay final approval of the project. Hines specifically named the Roseate Tern, an endangered species of bird with habitat near the terminal’s proposed site, as reason for the...
NorthernStar VP Responds to Report Critical of LNG Projects
Posted on Mar 4, 2008 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on NorthernStar VP Responds to Report Critical of LNG Projects
In an op-ed carried by the Ventura County Star, Joe Desmond, a senior vice president of NorthernStar Natural Gas, says that a recent report released by Ratepayers for Affordable Clean Energy (RACE) criticizing LNG merely highlights the need to uniformly account for carbon emissions. Desmond goes on to argue that RACE’s report does not fully account for the “economic...
Cost Estimates Raised for Lake Charles Terminal Upgrades
Posted on Mar 3, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Cost Estimates Raised for Lake Charles Terminal Upgrades
Southern Union announced Friday that its upgrades to the Trunkline LNG terminal in Lake Charles, La., would cost an estimated $365 million, up from previous estimates of $250 million. Southern Union also noted that construction activities have begun and that the upgraded facilities would begin operations next year. Platts LNG Daily provides additional details [subscription...