Downeast LNG President Says Blocking LNG Tankers Has International Implications
Posted on Feb 28, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, LNGLawBlog, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Downeast LNG President Says Blocking LNG Tankers Has International Implications
Downeast LNG President Dean Girdis says that allowing Canada to block LNG carrier transit through Canadian waters would set a harmful international precedent. The vessels would be headed to three proposed LNG terminals on the Maine coast, and some argue that blocking them would undermine international maritime law. An Associated Press article is available via LexisNexis. [Subscription...
LNG Developers Speak on Terminals in the Northeast
Posted on Feb 28, 2006 in Environmental, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on LNG Developers Speak on Terminals in the Northeast
At the Winter 2006 Atlantic LNG and CLNG Symposium in Halifax yesterday, LNG terminal developers agreed that a gap exists between the acknowledged need for gas in the Northeast and the opposition to LNG facilities there. Moreover, Hess LNG President Gordon Shearer suggested that the lack of consensus cannot be resolved through education efforts by developers. “It is impossible to...
Op-ed: Bradwood LNG Terminal Will Provide Economic Benefits
Posted on Feb 28, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-ed: Bradwood LNG Terminal Will Provide Economic Benefits
An Astoria, Ore. resident supports the Bradwood Landing LNG project, which he says will bring much needed tax revenue to Clatsop County. His op-ed is in Friday’s Daily Astorian.
Baltimore County Officials Oppose LNG Terminal
Posted on Feb 27, 2006 in LNGLawBlog, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Baltimore County Officials Oppose LNG Terminal
Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith held a news conference today announcing his opposition to the proposed AES Sparrows Point LNG terminal in Dundalk, Md., based on safety and environmental concerns. Smith said it is “counter intuitive to believe that a major LNG facility at Sparrows Point, or anywhere near population centers, can be done without creating a new and significant...
BP Touts Closed-Loop System at Crown Landing
Posted on Feb 27, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on BP Touts Closed-Loop System at Crown Landing
BP has gained the approval of some local environmentalists by promising its proposed Crown Landing terminal will use a closed-loop system to regasify imported LNG. In today’s Gloucester County Times, BP’s spokesperson said that “this closed loop system is more expensive, but we think it’s more appropriate.” Another BP spokesperson noted that, because the...
CLF Requests Supplemental EIS for Weaver’s Cove, Predicting up to 6-Year Delay
Posted on Feb 27, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNGLawBlog, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on CLF Requests Supplemental EIS for Weaver’s Cove, Predicting up to 6-Year Delay
The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) on Friday filed a motion asking FERC to reopen the evidentiary record and prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Weaver’s Cove LNG project. CLF says that new evidence “fundamentally changes the Commission’s analysis of alternatives” and undermines the “essence of the Commission’s...