U.S. Reps Wish to Expand LNG Tanker Safety Study
Posted on Jun 12, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Safety & Security | Comments Off on U.S. Reps Wish to Expand LNG Tanker Safety Study
U.S. Representatives Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.) announced last week that they have added language to the proposed 2008 Energy spending bill that would require the Department of Energy to study the safety concerns surrounding LNG tanker spills. Specifically, the study will include an analysis of the risks of a cascading failure of the LNG...
Study Simulates LNG Tanker Traversing Head Harbour Passage
Posted on Jun 11, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Study Simulates LNG Tanker Traversing Head Harbour Passage
The Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick, Canada) reports that the results of a series of computer simulations of LNG carriers traversing the Head Harbour Passage suggest it may be possible for LNG ships to move through the channel safely. The study, performed by Marine Safety International and paid for by Downeast LNG, collected data on 25 simulated voyages over a span of five days and...
Weaver’s Cove Opponents Challenge FERC Decision in Court
Posted on Jun 11, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove Opponents Challenge FERC Decision in Court
Opponents of the Weaver’s Cove LNG project argued Friday before a federal appeals court against FERC’s decision to approve the project. Attorneys for the opponents argued that FERC should have revisited its decision when Weaver’s Cove Energy decided to use smaller vessels and receive cargos more frequently after a federal law prohibited the use of public funds to...
California Senate Passes Measure to Re-Evaluate Need for LNG
Posted on Jun 7, 2007 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on California Senate Passes Measure to Re-Evaluate Need for LNG
The California State Senate has passed SB 412, which orders the California Energy Commission (CEC) to submit to the legislature and governor by July 1, 2008, a “Needs Evaluation Report” to determine whether the state’s energy demands can be met without LNG. If SB 412 becomes law, it would also place a moratorium on the issuance of permits for LNG facilities or...
Security Tightened at Trinidad and Tobago’s LNG Facility
Posted on Jun 7, 2007 in Liquefaction, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Security Tightened at Trinidad and Tobago’s LNG Facility
In the wake of an alleged plot by men from Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana to damage New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport using energy infrastructure, police in Trinidad and Tobago announced that security has been tightened at the country’s key energy facilities, including the Atlantic LNG export terminal. Platts LNG Daily provides further...
Mass. DEP Pauses Weaver’s Cove Review Pending Coast Guard Approval
Posted on Jun 5, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Mass. DEP Pauses Weaver’s Cove Review Pending Coast Guard Approval
The Associated Press (via Boston Globe) reports that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection will suspend its review of the Weaver’s Cove LNG project because of navigational safety, security, and environmental concerns raised by the U.S. Coast Guard. MassDEP’s acting commissioner stated that “[w]hile preliminary in nature, the substance and outcome of...