Editorial: Legislation Needed to Prevent Re-Emergence of Cabrillo Port Project as LNG Export Facility
Posted on Feb 13, 2012 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: Legislation Needed to Prevent Re-Emergence of Cabrillo Port Project as LNG Export Facility
An editorial in the Ventura County Star opposes widespread exports of U.S. domestic natural gas as LNG and worries that the cancelled Cabrillo Port LNG project could be re-imagined as an LNG export facility. The piece encourages California’s legislature to act to limit LNG export projects built in the...
Developers Schedule Open House for Corpus Christi LNG Export Project
Posted on Feb 9, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Developers Schedule Open House for Corpus Christi LNG Export Project
The developers of the proposed Corpus Christi LNG liquefaction and export project have scheduled an open house for February 28, 2012, to be held in Portland, Texas. Additional information is available in the Monthly Progress Report submitted to FERC by the developers and located under Docket No. PF12-3 in the Commission’s...
PHMSA Reaffirms Prior Decision that Agency’s LNG Regulations Satisfy Statute
Posted on Feb 3, 2012 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on PHMSA Reaffirms Prior Decision that Agency’s LNG Regulations Satisfy Statute
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has reaffirmed its prior decision that, despite a challenge submitted by the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island and the City of Fall River, Mass., in the Weaver’s Cove LNG project proceeding, the agency’s regulations on the location of LNG facilities “satisfy the applicable statutory...
Op-Ed Discusses Market Circumstances Compelling U.S. LNG Terminals’ Shift from Import to Export
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed Discusses Market Circumstances Compelling U.S. LNG Terminals’ Shift from Import to Export
An op-ed piece carried by Forbes discusses the market circumstances that have compelled several LNG import project owners to shift their projects to LNG exporting facilities. The piece also notes that some local residents and domestic gas users have opposed large scale LNG...
Hess LNG to Sell Weaver’s Cove LNG Site
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Hess LNG to Sell Weaver’s Cove LNG Site
The Fall River Herald News reports that a “for sale” sign has been placed on the site of the cancelled Weaver’s Cove LNG import project. However, the piece notes that local residents remain confused regarding project developer Hess LNG’s ultimate plans for the...
Port of Brownsville Approves Lease Option for Site of Proposed Gulf Coast LNG Export Project
Posted on Jan 26, 2012 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Port of Brownsville Approves Lease Option for Site of Proposed Gulf Coast LNG Export Project
The Port of Brownsville has approved a lease option for the site of the proposed Gulf Coast LNG Export project. According to the Brownsville Herald, the site includes 500 acres of the Port’s...