Op-ed: Residents Should Visit Bradwood Landing Site
Posted on Sep 12, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-ed: Residents Should Visit Bradwood Landing Site
An Astoria, Ore. resident urges interested parties to attend today’s tour of the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal site and “ask the hard questions” about the project’s impact on the community. In an op-ed published by The Daily Astorian, Tom Duncan describes his attempt to visit the Dominion Cove Point LNG terminal in Maryland and the security measures he...
Captain: LNG Security at Boston Harbor “Over the Top”
Posted on Sep 11, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Captain: LNG Security at Boston Harbor “Over the Top”
The Boston Globe reports on security measures in the Boston Harbor during the post-9/11 era. A captain of an LNG tanker en route to the Distrigas LNG terminal says that the security detail accompanying the vessel “is a bit over the top,” adding that other ports do not employ measures to this extent. Mike Hightower of Sandia National Laboratories cautioned against being too...
FERC Staff Questions Calhoun LNG’s Plan for Spill Impoundment
Posted on Sep 11, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, Storage | Comments Off on FERC Staff Questions Calhoun LNG’s Plan for Spill Impoundment
In a letter to Calhoun LNG, FERC Staff questioned Calhoun’s plan to use one shared impoundment area for multiple LNG storage tanks at its proposed LNG terminal in Port Lavaca, Texas. “[S]taff questions the ability of the common LNG storage tank impoundment system to adequately maintain the integrity of the tanks during an impoundment fire.” Before FERC can complete a...
Response to Unattended Rental Truck at Everett LNG Terminal
Posted on Sep 11, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Response to Unattended Rental Truck at Everett LNG Terminal
Massachusetts state and local police have found no security threat after responding Saturday night to reports of an unattended rental truck parked near the Distrigas LNG terminal in Everett, Mass. The incident comes about a week before local emergency personnel’s Sept. 17 homeland security drill, which will involve a staged threat against the LNG terminal. “This is a good...
NorthernStar to Share Information With Oregon DOE Regarding LNG Project
Posted on Sep 8, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on NorthernStar to Share Information With Oregon DOE Regarding LNG Project
NorthernStar Natural Gas and the Oregon Department of Energy on Aug. 31 signed a protective agreement that will allow the agency access to proprietary information and CEII regarding the developer’s proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal. The deal prohibits the public disclosure of certain data in Environmental Resource Report 13, which NorthernStar says contains information that...
Weaver’s Cove CEO Discusses LNG Proposal in Jamestown
Posted on Sep 8, 2006 in Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove CEO Discusses LNG Proposal in Jamestown
Weaver’s Cove Energy CEO Gordon Shearer met with the Jamestown, Rhode Island town council and residents on Aug. 30 to discuss the company’s proposed terminal in Fall River, Mass. Concerns raised by Council members included whether the U.S. Coast Guard and local public safety officials have adequate resources to oversee the safe transit of LNG vessels. According to The...