Experts: U.S. Terminals to Operate at Under 50% Combined Capacity
Posted on Apr 18, 2007 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Experts: U.S. Terminals to Operate at Under 50% Combined Capacity
Citing higher gas prices in Europe and Asia as well as the growing accessibility of unconventional onshore gas sources, industry experts predict that U.S. LNG regasification terminals will on average operate at 50% or less of annual capacity. Platts LNG Daily provides more information. [Subscription...
New York Lawmakers Hear Findings of GAO Report
Posted on Apr 18, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on New York Lawmakers Hear Findings of GAO Report
The congressional Government Accountability Office (GAO) presented to local officials in Suffolk County, New York, the findings from its report on potential hazards facing LNG terminals. A representative of Broadwater LNG stated that the report’s most important finding was that “a catastrophic event with LNG was unlikely.” A Suffolk County legislator, on the other...
Vote Recount Confirms Quoddy Bay LNG Agreement Approved
Posted on Apr 18, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Vote Recount Confirms Quoddy Bay LNG Agreement Approved
The Bangor Daily News reports that a recount in Perry, Maine, produced the exact same 229-211 tally as originally reported, confirming local approval of a deal in which Quoddy Bay LNG has agreed to pay $3.6 million per year for permission to locate the terminal’s LNG storage tanks in the town. Attorneys representing the recount petitioners plan to cross-reference voter rolls with...
Concerned Lobstermen Meet with Quoddy Bay Officials
Posted on Apr 17, 2007 in Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Concerned Lobstermen Meet with Quoddy Bay Officials
Members of the Cobscook Bay Fishermen’s Association met with Quoddy Bay LNG officials last week to discuss the route that LNG vessels may take through long-established lobster fishing grounds. The two sides discussed possible changes to the route and other proposals to make LNG vessel transit less worrisome to local fishermen. The meeting occurred in the wake of two...
Daily Letters to the Editor
Posted on Apr 17, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Daily Letters to the Editor
The Daily Astorian (in opposition to LNG terminals in Oregon) The Daily Astorian (in opposition to Bradwood Landing) The Daily Astorian (in opposition to Bradwood Landing)
Federal Anti-Broadwater Bill May Affect Other LNG Proposals
Posted on Apr 17, 2007 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Federal Anti-Broadwater Bill May Affect Other LNG Proposals
United Press International reports that H.R. 1564, a bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop to block Broadwater Energy’s proposed terminal in Long Island Sound, also may affect several planned facilities off the Massachusetts Bay Estuary and in Louisiana’s Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary. The bill would ban floating storage regasification units from “estuaries...