WestPac LNG Alters Design to Use Submerged Vaporizers
Posted on Feb 14, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on WestPac LNG Alters Design to Use Submerged Vaporizers
WestPac LNG announced yesterday that it will regasify LNG using submerged vaporizers instead of using excess heat from an associated power plant as initially planned. The change came after the company received indications that it would not receive emissions credits for the power plant as a co-generation plant. As a result, the power plant will operate as a peaking facility, generating...
Bradwood Landing LNG Proposal Meeting Location Changed
Posted on Feb 13, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Bradwood Landing LNG Proposal Meeting Location Changed
In anticipation of greater-than-expected attendance, today’s public meeting hosted by four state and federal agencies has been moved to a larger venue. The agencies will provide information on their respective roles in the review of certain elements of the Bradwood Landing LNG terminal project. Read more in the Daily Astorian. [Subscription...
ConocoPhillips and Suez Announce Terminal Access Swap at North American, European Terminals
Posted on Feb 13, 2008 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on ConocoPhillips and Suez Announce Terminal Access Swap at North American, European Terminals
Yesterday ConocoPhillips announced a terminal access swap agreement with Suez LNG Trading SA, under which ConocoPhillips will provide Suez with access to the Freeport LNG terminal in exchange for access to the Zeebrugge terminal in Belgium over a 20-year term. The Tulsa World provides additional...
Repairs Begin for LNG Vessel Off Massachusetts Coast
Posted on Feb 13, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Repairs Begin for LNG Vessel Off Massachusetts Coast
After losing propulsion early Monday morning, repairs on the LNG vessel Catalunya Spirit began last night under Coast Guard supervision. Although this is the first time in 27 years of LNG transport to the Everett terminal that a vessel has lost propulsion, state and local officials still raised safety and security concerns. However, Coast Guard Captain Gail Kulisch told the Boston...
Conn. Attorney General Pledges Continued Opposition to Broadwater LNG Proposal
Posted on Feb 12, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Conn. Attorney General Pledges Continued Opposition to Broadwater LNG Proposal
Predicting that FERC will give final approval to the Broadwater LNG proposal soon, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal yesterday pledged to continue to oppose the project. Blumenthal stated that his office “will take the deficiencies in that federal approval and go to federal court as soon as we can.” The Connecticut Post offers additional...
LNG Vessel Headed to Cove Point Terminal from Snohvit Facility
Posted on Feb 12, 2008 in Liquefaction, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on LNG Vessel Headed to Cove Point Terminal from Snohvit Facility
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that the LNG vessel Arctic Discoverer is en route from the StatoilHydro-operated Snohvit liquefaction facility in Norway to the Cove Point regasification terminal in Maryland. This cargo is the first following repairs to one of Snohvit’s heat...