Quoddy Bay Engages with Community Group on Storage Tanks
Posted on Dec 21, 2005 in Markets and Competition, State and Local Issues, Storage | Comments Off on Quoddy Bay Engages with Community Group on Storage Tanks
Some Perry, Maine residents have expressed concern that Quoddy Bay is soliciting approval from the Perry Improvement Association to place LNG storage tanks in the town; PIA is an organization whose members were not formally elected. “How can these people, who were elected by nobody, purport to represent Perry and negotiate on behalf of the town?,” said Nancy Asante,...
Developments in Onboard Regas
Posted on Dec 21, 2005 in Markets and Competition, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Developments in Onboard Regas
In an article about the LNG shipping market, today’s edition of World Gas Intelligence reports that Excelerate Energy has ordered three more vessels and may increase operations considerably by 2008. WGI also indicates that Suez hopes to use gas from Neptune LNG — a proposal located near Excelerate’s Northeast Gateway site and based on similar technology — to...
Quoddy Bay Looks to Trinidad & Tobago and Others for Long-Term Supply Contracts
Posted on Dec 20, 2005 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Quoddy Bay Looks to Trinidad & Tobago and Others for Long-Term Supply Contracts
Quoddy Bay says it is negotiating with the government of Trinidad and Tobago to acquire long term LNG supply for the company’s proposed regasification terminal in Pleasant Point, Maine. The company is in talks with other potential suppliers, but its president declined to reveal details. If successful, Quoddy Bay might pay a fixed price for supply to a 4 Bcf/day regasification...
Officials Say Weaver’s Cove Must Discuss Bridge in FEIR
Posted on Dec 20, 2005 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Officials Say Weaver’s Cove Must Discuss Bridge in FEIR
Massachusetts environmental officials yesterday said that they are permitting Hess LNG to file a final environmental impact report for the proposed Weaver’s Cove project, but the company must address the Brightman Street Bridge, which opponents say is not high enough to allow tankers to pass under it. An Associated Press article published in yesterday’s edition of the...
MOU Signed for Proposed LNG Terminal in Nova Scotia
Posted on Dec 20, 2005 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on MOU Signed for Proposed LNG Terminal in Nova Scotia
Today’s Platts Gas Daily reports that Petroplus International and Keltic Petrochemicals have signed a memorandum of understanding to build a 1 Bcf /day LNG terminal in Nova Scotia. The potential terminal, slated to come online in 2009, would serve an attached cogeneration plant and petrochemical plants. Capacity might double to accommodate “substantial Canadian and U.S. gas...