Public Meeting to Give Residents Details on Port Dolphin LNG Project
Posted on Jul 23, 2007 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Public Meeting to Give Residents Details on Port Dolphin LNG Project
The Bradenton Herald (Fla.) reports on the public meeting for the proposed Port Dolphin LNG terminal scheduled for Wednesday, July 25, at the Manatee Convention Center in Palmetto, Fla. The project’s developer, Hoegh LNG, plans to reveal details about the estimated $1 billion project at the meeting, and the U.S. Coast Guard and MARAD will collect public comments for their...
Two Labor Groups Support Bradwood Landing LNG Proposal
Posted on Jul 23, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Two Labor Groups Support Bradwood Landing LNG Proposal
The Daily News (Longview, Wash.) reports that the Washington and Oregon Machinists Councils have endorsed the Bradwood Landing LNG terminal proposed by NorthernStar Natural Gas. A union representative stated that the Councils support the employment opportunities offered by the proposal, as well as the LNG industry’s “good, environmentally sound track record.” In a...
Canadian Fisherman Testifies Before Maine Environmental Panel
Posted on Jul 20, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Canadian Fisherman Testifies Before Maine Environmental Panel
Laurence Cook, a Canadian lobsterman, testified against the Downeast LNG proposal this week before the Maine Board of Environmental Protection, stating that lobstermen would be negatively impacted by LNG tanker traffic and that the proposed terminal would by located in a lobster nursery area. Cook, the only Canadian fisherman permitted to speak at the hearing, said he was allowed to...
Delays Likely for Sparrows Point Approval
Posted on Jul 20, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Delays Likely for Sparrows Point Approval
The Dundalk Eagle (Md.) reports that both county officials and AES representatives anticipate that the legal issues surrounding the Sparrows Point LNG regasification proposal will likely delay the FERC approval timeline. Kent Morton, AES Sparrows Point project director, said that it was previously expected that FERC’s ruling regarding construction of the project would be issued...
FERC Denies Quoddy Bay LNG’s Request for Rehearing
Posted on Jul 20, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Denies Quoddy Bay LNG’s Request for Rehearing
FERC denied Quoddy Bay LNG’s request for a rehearing in the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline expansion proceeding yesterday. FERC rejected Quoddy Bay’s argument that its approval of the expansion of the Maritimes& Northeast Pipeline should be conditioned on Canada’s allowing LNG carriers to transit through the Head Harbour Passage. Among its reasons for denying...
LNG Developers Meet with Local Business Leaders
Posted on Jul 20, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on LNG Developers Meet with Local Business Leaders
Representatives from Excelerate Energy and Suez North America, the developers of the Northeast Gateway deepwater port and the Neptune deepwater port, respectively, met yesterday with members of the North Shore Chamber of Commerce to discuss the anticipated economic impact of the two approved LNG projects. Excelerate vice president Jonathan Cook estimated that his company would inject...