Oregon International Port Renegotiates Deal for Jordan Cove LNG Site
Posted on Jan 3, 2011 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon International Port Renegotiates Deal for Jordan Cove LNG Site
The World (Coos Bay, Ore.) reports that the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has renegotiated its option agreement to purchase some 13,000 acres of land from Weyerhaeuser Co. that will serve as the Jordan Cove LNG terminal site. The revised agreement extends the previous purchase agreement for six months and includes an option for the Port to purchase only part of the...
Editorial: County Leaders Should Formally Oppose Liberty LNG Deepwater Port Proposal
Posted on Dec 22, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: County Leaders Should Formally Oppose Liberty LNG Deepwater Port Proposal
MyCentralJersey.com carries an editorial today, which argues that the leadership of Middlesex County ought to formally oppose the Liberty LNG deepwater port proposal, citing safety and environmental...
Local Officials Submit Resolutions Opposing Weaver’s Cove LNG
Posted on Dec 22, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Officials Submit Resolutions Opposing Weaver’s Cove LNG
A group of 15 communities and state and local leaders have submitted a series of resolutions that oppose the Weaver’s Cove LNG import project. The Herald News (Fall River, Mass.) provides additional...
County Officials Will Not Oppose Liberty LNG Pipeline
Posted on Dec 20, 2010 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Officials Will Not Oppose Liberty LNG Pipeline
Leaders for Middlesex County, N.J., said last week that they will not urge Liberty Natural Gas to reconsider plans for the natural gas pipeline associated with the company’s proposed LNG deepwater port. Read more in...
Calais LNG Withdraws Project Applications from Maine BEP
Posted on Dec 16, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Calais LNG Withdraws Project Applications from Maine BEP
Calais LNG has withdrawn its applications pending before Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) to construct an LNG import terminal and associated pipeline infrastructure, pledging to refile its applications at a later date. The Associated Press (via Bloomberg) provides additional...
BEP Chair Recommends Board Halt Review of Calais LNG Application
Posted on Dec 13, 2010 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on BEP Chair Recommends Board Halt Review of Calais LNG Application
In a draft order released last week, Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) Chair Susan Lessard recommended that later this week the Board halt its review of the Calais LNG project and return the application to the company. According to the Bangor Daily News, the draft order states that “Calais LNG’s applications are not ready for...