AES Offers Tax Benefit to Hull, Mass. Residents
Posted on Feb 16, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on AES Offers Tax Benefit to Hull, Mass. Residents
The Boston Globe today reports on the billboard paid for by LNG opposition group Save the Brewsters. The billboard reads “The Harbor Islands Are Not for Sale” and will remain in place for a month. AES Inc. proposes to lease Outer Brewster Island and build an LNG terminal there, resulting in approximately $3.5 million in property taxes paid to Hull. Doing so would involve...
Coast Guard Official Says Crown Landing Proposal Needs Additional Security Resources
Posted on Feb 16, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Coast Guard Official Says Crown Landing Proposal Needs Additional Security Resources
The News Journal today reports that the US Coast Guard and BP have scheduled a meeting for Friday to flesh out details regarding security measures outlined by the agency for the company’s proposed Crown Landing LNG terminal. Capt. David L. Scott, the Delaware Bay sector commander, says that tanker security procedures are manageable if there are sufficient resources. Scott also...
Coast Guard to Issue Final Environmental Impact Statements for Two Offshore LNG Terminals
Posted on Feb 16, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Coast Guard to Issue Final Environmental Impact Statements for Two Offshore LNG Terminals
After postponing the offshore LNG terminal licensing process for several proposals last year, the US Coast Guard says it plans to issue two final environmental impact statements in the near future for two Gulf of Mexico projects: Freeport-McMoRan’s Main Pass Energy Hub, 38 miles east of Venice, Louisiana, and ConocoPhillips’ Compass Port off Dauphin Island, Ala. The...
Conn. Attorney General Wants Disclosure of Broadwater Safety Documents
Posted on Feb 16, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Conn. Attorney General Wants Disclosure of Broadwater Safety Documents
In a letter sent yesterday to FERC, Conn. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal asks the agency to release design and safety-related details of the proposed Broadwater terminal. Blumenthal characterizes FERC’s CEII policy as an impediment to open discussions on the issues surrounding the Broadwater LNG proposal, saying that withholding safety documents hampers the public’s...
Gulf Coast Energy Forum Looks at Gas Supply
Posted on Feb 16, 2006 in E&P, Environmental, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Gulf Coast Energy Forum Looks at Gas Supply
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley commented on LNG at the Gulf Coast Energy Forum in Mobile, Ala. on Monday, saying that “certain environmental protections” must be implemented before a terminal project goes forward in or near the state. Michael Zenker, managing director for global gas at Cambridge Energy Research Associates, said that importing LNG is critical to easing the...
Op-ed: Power Plants Can Help Regasify LNG
Posted on Feb 16, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-ed: Power Plants Can Help Regasify LNG
A Mobile, Ala. resident suggests that LNG developers enlist the help of power companies to regasify LNG, as an alternative to using the open-loop system proposed for some offshore terminals. “Such an alliance would keep the processes ‘green’ by limiting the thermal impact of both processes and would be virtually cost-free once the piping loop was installed.” His...