Hearing on Pacific Connector Pipeline to Focus on Environmental Impacts on Oyster Habitat
Posted on Sep 21, 2011 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Hearing on Pacific Connector Pipeline to Focus on Environmental Impacts on Oyster Habitat
The World (Coos Bay, Ore.) reports that a hearing scheduled for today to discuss the Pacific Connector Pipeline project will focus on the potential environmental impacts of the pipeline on a local oyster habitat in Haynes Inlet. The pipeline is associated with the planned Jordan Cove LNG regasification...
Official: GDF Suez Diverting LNG Cargos from United States to Asia, Europe
Posted on Sep 21, 2011 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Official: GDF Suez Diverting LNG Cargos from United States to Asia, Europe
Zin Smati, head of GDF Suez’s North American division, told World Gas Intelligence [subscription required] last week that his company has diverted twelve LNG cargos so far this year that were originally slated for delivery to the Everett LNG terminal and Neptune LNG deepwater port. The article goes on to suggest that the company would like to divert some twenty LNG cargos per...
Texas CEQ Submits Comments on Freeport LNG Liquefaction Proposal
Posted on Sep 21, 2011 in Environmental, LNG Exports, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Texas CEQ Submits Comments on Freeport LNG Liquefaction Proposal
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has filed comments with FERC regarding the planned Freeport LNG liquefaction project. The comments, available in FERC’s eLibrary under Docket No. PF11-2, conclude that the air pollution from volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides produced from this project is “expected to be well below the 25 tons per year...
County Officials to Host Hearing on Gas Pipeline Associated with Jordan Cove LNG Proposal
Posted on Sep 20, 2011 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Officials to Host Hearing on Gas Pipeline Associated with Jordan Cove LNG Proposal
The World reports that commissioners for Coos Bay, Ore., will hold both an executive session and a public hearing on the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline project. The Pacific Connector project would connect to the planned Jordan Cove LNG regasification...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Sep 20, 2011 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Lithuania’s Klaipedos Nafta AB Begins Public Procurement of LNG FSRU (CisionWire)
Op-Ed Questions Practicality of U.S. LNG Exports
Posted on Sep 20, 2011 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Op-Ed Questions Practicality of U.S. LNG Exports
An op-ed carried by The Oregonian argues that the United States should adopt policies that favor domestic consumption of natural gas rather than export of U.S. natural gas resources as LNG, particularly in Oregon. The piece notes that the CEO of Oregon LNG will be presenting at an LNG export conference in Houston in...