Local Residents Express Mixed Sentiment for OceanWay LNG Proposal
Posted on Sep 27, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Residents Express Mixed Sentiment for OceanWay LNG Proposal
OceanWay Secure Energy, an LNG receiving terminal proposed by Woodside Natural Gas for offshore California, met with mixed reactions from local residents at a public forum held yesterday. Though some residents expressed positive reactions to the proposal, several others voiced concerns regarding safety and security and environmental impacts. The Daily Breeze (Malibu, Calif.) provides...
Experts Disagree on Potential Hazards Resulting from a Large-Scale LNG Spill
Posted on Sep 26, 2007 in Safety & Security, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Experts Disagree on Potential Hazards Resulting from a Large-Scale LNG Spill
The Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick, Canada) offers an analysis of the ongoing debate among experts regarding the effects of a large-scale LNG release, citing a recent GAO study which concluded that further research is needed. The piece also reports that Sandia National Laboratories is conducting studies of large-scale spills to further ascertain the dangers associated with such a...
Proposed Ocean Way LNG Lightering Site Falls Within U.S. Navy Training and Testing Range
Posted on Sep 21, 2007 in Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Proposed Ocean Way LNG Lightering Site Falls Within U.S. Navy Training and Testing Range
The U.S. Navy is urging Ocean Way LNG to reconsider one of its proposed LNG lightering sites as the site falls within the Navy’s Point Mugu Sea Range off the coast of Southern California. A piece available in the Environmental Newsstand offers analysis of this and other issues involving the growing LNG industry and operations areas of the U.S. Navy. [Subscription...
Broadwater Debate Focuses on Facts, Security Concerns
Posted on Sep 20, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Broadwater Debate Focuses on Facts, Security Concerns
Suffolk Life (Long Island, N.Y.) reports that the recent debate between a Broadwater representative and an LNG opponent over the Broadwater LNG regasification terminal proposed for Long Island Sound focused on the economics of the project, as well as local residents’ security concerns. The host of the forum, the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce, plans to poll its...
Oregon LNG Pipeline Could Face Risk of Landslides
Posted on Sep 19, 2007 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Oregon LNG Pipeline Could Face Risk of Landslides
The Hillsboro Argus (Ore.) reports that the pipelines transporting regasified natural gas from the proposed Oregon LNG import terminal to market may face the risk of landslides. The pipeline developer told the Argus that its engineering consultants are investigating soil and topographical conditions and will design the pipeline to mitigate the...
NATO Secretary-General Envisions Role in LNG Security
Posted on Sep 17, 2007 in Safety & Security, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on NATO Secretary-General Envisions Role in LNG Security
NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer envisions a role for the organization in protecting LNG vessels on the high seas according to Natural Gas Week (carried via Energy Intelligence [subscription required]. Secretary de Hoop Scheffer, speaking in London earlier this month, said, “could NATO, with its maritime fleets, add value, in times of crisis, to protect them?...