Editorial: Coast Guard’s Report Unlikely the Last Word on Sparrows Point LNG Proposal
Posted on Mar 3, 2008 in Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Editorial: Coast Guard’s Report Unlikely the Last Word on Sparrows Point LNG Proposal
The Baltimore Sun carries an editorial today predicting that debate will continue over the proposed LNG terminal at Sparrows Point, Md., despite the release of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Waterway Suitability...
Secretary of Commerce Stays Closure of Record in CZMA Consistency Appeal by Weaver’s Cove LNG
Posted on Mar 3, 2008 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Secretary of Commerce Stays Closure of Record in CZMA Consistency Appeal by Weaver’s Cove LNG
U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Carlos Gutierrez, has determined that it is necessary to receive additional information before deciding on Weaver’s Cove LNG’s consistency appeal under the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) and, as a result, has stayed closure of the decision record until May 5, 2008. Read today’s Federal Register for additional...
StatoilHydro, Sonatrach Sign HOA for Supply/Access to Cove Point
Posted on Mar 3, 2008 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on StatoilHydro, Sonatrach Sign HOA for Supply/Access to Cove Point
Norway’s StatoilHydro ASA announced on March 1 that it has signed a binding Heads of Agreement (HOA) to provide Algeria’s Sonatrach with long-term access to the Cove Point LNG terminal expansion. According to the press release, under the terms of the HOA, Sonatrach will receive access to 2 Bcm/y of regasification capacity at Cove Point for 15 years beginning in 2009. In...
County Staff Members Note “Flaws” in Bradwood Landing LNG’s Land Use Application
Posted on Feb 29, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Staff Members Note “Flaws” in Bradwood Landing LNG’s Land Use Application
In a 23-page report, the professional staff for the Clatsop County, Ore., Board of Commissioners noted several problems with the land-use application filed by Bradwood Landing LNG project developer NorthernStar Natural Gas Co. According to county officials speaking with the Daily Astorian, the problems are “mostly grammatical,” along with some declarations that the staff...
Daily Letters to the Editor
Posted on Feb 29, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Daily Letters to the Editor
Powell River Peak (British Columbia, Canada) (Seeking public forum with WestPac LNG)
Maryland Congressional Members Call for Rejection of Sparrows Point LNG Application
Posted on Feb 29, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Maryland Congressional Members Call for Rejection of Sparrows Point LNG Application
Maryland Senators Barbara Mikulski (D) and Ben Cardin (D), as well as Congressmen Elijah Cummings (D), Dutch Ruppersberger (D), and John Sarbanes (D) have requested that FERC reject AES Corp.’s application for the Sparrows Point LNG project. The Associated Press (via the Baltimore Examiner) reports that the Maryland delegates are citing the project’s Waterway Suitability...