BP Has Not Sought New LNG Agreement With City
Posted on Mar 10, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on BP Has Not Sought New LNG Agreement With City
The Galveston Daily News today revisits a February decision on the Pelican Island lease agreements, reporting that BP has not asked the city of Galveston to sign on to an existing agreement between BP and the Wharves Board of Trustees. A city attorney said, “Nobody can move until the judgment is signed” in about ten days. [Free registration...
Deadline Looms for SES
Posted on Mar 10, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Deadline Looms for SES
The Long Beach Press Telegram reports that the City of Long Beach has given Sound Energy Solutions until close of business today to commit a minimum amount of money to the city’s General Fund. SES Director Thomas Giles received a March 7 letter from Long Beach Gas and Oil Director Christopher Garner asking for “a very substantial increase from its original proposal”...
DOE Holds LNG Forum in Boston
Posted on Mar 10, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on DOE Holds LNG Forum in Boston
To fulfill its mandate under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Department of Energy today held the first of at least three public forums to educate the public on LNG. The all-day session in Boston, drew over 300 attendees; it covered regulatory, economic, safety and security, and environmental issues and included significant Q&A sessions. Jim Kendell of the EIA discussed the...
Downeast LNG Says It Will Comply
Posted on Mar 10, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Downeast LNG Says It Will Comply
Downeast LNG representatives denied Save Passamaquoddy Bay’s allegations that the proposed terminal will not comply with SIGTTO standards, affirmatively stating that the terminal design would in fact comply. Downeast President Dean Girdis also responded. “I don’t know the law per se. My understanding is that SIGTTO refers to tankers and not terminals,” said...
Environmental and Security Issues Discussed at Battery Rock LNG Hearing
Posted on Mar 9, 2006 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Environmental and Security Issues Discussed at Battery Rock LNG Hearing
During a hearing yesterday before a joint committee of the state legislature, Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs, Stephen Pritchard, criticized a bill that would permit AES to construct an LNG terminal on Outer Brewster Island. “I am mindful of our regional energy needs and our ongoing need for gas supplies,” Pritchard said. “In this instance, however,...
Federal Court Weighs Gulf Landing Approval
Posted on Mar 9, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Federal Court Weighs Gulf Landing Approval
The Times-Picayune and the News 2 Advocate reported on yesterday’s oral arguments concerning Shell’s Gulf Landing offshore terminal. The panel of Fifth Circuit judges reportedly appeared “sympathetic” to claims that MARAD failed to consider the cumulative impact of all terminals proposed for the Gulf and failed to require the best available technology when it...