Op-Ed: Broadwater LNG Terminal Not Consistent with States’ Interests
Posted on Aug 15, 2007 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Broadwater LNG Terminal Not Consistent with States’ Interests
Leah Schmalz of the anti-Broadwater group Save the Sound offers an Op-Ed, carried by the Connecticut Post, stating that the Broadwater LNG regasification terminal proposed for Long Island Sound is not consistent with Connecticut and New York’s interests in pursuing environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient energy policies. She also notes that FERC ought to consider the size...
CEO: TransCanada Expects FERC Approval for Pipeline Soon
Posted on Aug 14, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on CEO: TransCanada Expects FERC Approval for Pipeline Soon
Business News Americas (carried via LexisNexis) reports that TransCanada CEO Henry Morse, Jr., expects the company to receive FERC approval for its planned expansion of its North Baja pipeline. The new pipeline will transport gas to California from Sempra’s Costa Azul LNG import terminal currently under construction. Morse also noted that TransCanada has received all other...
Daily Letters to the Editor
Posted on Aug 14, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Daily Letters to the Editor
Nanaimo Daily News (British Columbia, Canada) (opposed to LNG) [carried via LexisNexis]
NATS: EIA Prediction for 2007 LNG Imports May Be Too Low
Posted on Aug 14, 2007 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on NATS: EIA Prediction for 2007 LNG Imports May Be Too Low
In its LNG Week in Review, NATS opines that the recent EIA estimate of 850 Bcf of LNG imported into the United States in 2007 likely is too low. According to NATS, the U.S. terminals would need to regasify only about 2 Bcf/d for the rest of the year to reach that total, an average daily sendout lower than July’s average of 2.9 Bcf/d. NATS predicts that U.S. LNG imports will reach...
Excelerate Adopts Whale Detection System for Offshore Northeast United States
Posted on Aug 13, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Technology | Comments Off on Excelerate Adopts Whale Detection System for Offshore Northeast United States
Excelerate Energy has installed six sub-surface buoys around its Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge to help construction vessels, and eventually LNG vessels, avoid colliding with whales. The Gloucester Daily Times (Mass.) reports that both the Excelerate and Suez LNG NA projects are located near the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and that LNG vessels servicing the two terminals...
Some LNG Opponents Skeptical of Coos Bay Container Port Proposal
Posted on Aug 13, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Some LNG Opponents Skeptical of Coos Bay Container Port Proposal
The Mail Tribune (Ore.) reports that some residents believe that a new plan to dredge a 51-ft deep channel in order to build a container port in Coos Bay is in reality designed to assist an LNG regasification terminal project in the area. State and local officials deny the connection, saying that the current 37-ft deep shipping channel is already deep enough to accommodate LNG...