Construction Completed on Yankee LNG Storage Facility
Posted on Jun 4, 2007 in State and Local Issues, Storage | Comments Off on Construction Completed on Yankee LNG Storage Facility
Yankee Gas Services Co. has completed construction of its $108 million LNG storage and processing facility in Waterbury, Conn., and will begin filling its tank with LNG soon. While LNG import terminals have met resistance in the region, the Hartford Courant reports that Yankee’s facility was well-received because storage facilities are more familiar to local...
Local Group Wants to Postpone Bradwood Landing Land Use Hearing
Posted on Jun 4, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Group Wants to Postpone Bradwood Landing Land Use Hearing
The Columbia River Business Alliance and an Astoria resident have asked Clatsop County, Ore., authorities to delay the county planning commission’s public hearing on Bradwood Landing’s land use application, scheduled for July 10, until after the terminal’s independent public safety impact report becomes available at the end of July. Read more in The Daily...
Clatsop County Receives Proposals for Bradwood Landing Public Safety Assessment
Posted on May 29, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Clatsop County Receives Proposals for Bradwood Landing Public Safety Assessment
Clatsop County, Ore., has received several proposals from consulting firms to perform an independent safety assessment of NorthernStar’s planned Bradwood Landing LNG terminal. The selected firm will submit its findings to the county manager by July 31. The assessment will be controlled by county officials, but the terminal developer will reimburse the county for all associated...
Op-Ed: Admission of Mistake May Have Led to Defeat of Cabrillo Port
Posted on May 29, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Admission of Mistake May Have Led to Defeat of Cabrillo Port
An op-ed in the Ventura County Star points to the announcement by the executive director of the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District that it had been “a mistake” to exempt Cabrillo Port from local onshore air quality standards as the turning point that led to the defeat of BHP Billiton’s project. The op-ed claims that, after the announcement, public opinion...
Oregon LNG Purchased Skipanon LNG Proposal
Posted on May 29, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon LNG Purchased Skipanon LNG Proposal
Platts LNG Daily reported Friday that a new company formed by two former Calpine employees and an unknown investor purchased the Skipanon LNG terminal proposal from Calpine in January while Calpine was in bankruptcy. An official for the proposed terminal, now called Oregon LNG, says that the company will submit a prefiling application with FERC this month. [Subscription...
Oregon Looks to Elba Island Terminal as Example
Posted on May 29, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Oregon Looks to Elba Island Terminal as Example
The Daily News (Longview, Wash.) offers coverage of an LNG carrier arriving at the Elba Island terminal near Savannah, Ga., and compares that terminal’s facilities and operations to those proposed for the Bradwood Landing project on the Columbia River. Through comments from USCG officials, residents, and fishermen, the newspaper provides a first-hand account of the Elba Island...