NLNG Ships First LNG Cargo from Train 4 to Lake Charles
Posted on Jan 10, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on NLNG Ships First LNG Cargo from Train 4 to Lake Charles
Nigeria’s NLNG says it sent the first shipment of LNG from Train 4 to the Lake Charles terminal on Saturday. The company’s managing director also said that production had begun on Train 5 and that all five trains would yield 17 million tons of LNG per year. An article published yesterday by The Vanguard has the...
Limited Time for U.S. to Purchase Australian LNG
Posted on Jan 10, 2006 in Markets and Competition, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Limited Time for U.S. to Purchase Australian LNG
Australia’s Resource Minister Ian Macfarlane says the growing opposition to LNG development in California may cost the United States an opportunity to acquire LNG shipments because other countries are buying Australian supply. Macfarlane says that prices are double what they were when Australia first approached California. “At current prices…you could sail an LNG cargo...
Downeast LNG Seeks Permission to Initiate NEPA Pre-filing Process
Posted on Jan 10, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Downeast LNG Seeks Permission to Initiate NEPA Pre-filing Process
On January 5, Downeast LNG submitted a request with FERC to begin the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) pre-filing process with respect to its proposed LNG terminal to be located at the confluence of Passamaquoddy Bay and the St. Croix River in Robbinston, Maine. The project will offer a natural gas sendout capacity of 500 MMcf/day and a peak of up to 625 MMcf/day, with...
US Expresses Interest in Australian LNG Imports
Posted on Jan 9, 2006 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on US Expresses Interest in Australian LNG Imports
The Australian today reports that the Bush administration is working to ensure that the United States receives LNG from Australia by the decade’s end. Shipments would be delivered to the West Coast, but LNG proposals in California have met public opposition stemming mostly from safety and environmental...
Public Hearings on Pipeline Expansion Plan This Week
Posted on Jan 9, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Public Hearings on Pipeline Expansion Plan This Week
FERC has scheduled a series of meetings this week to address Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline’s 146-mile pipeline expansion proposal that would augment its consumer base in the northeastern United States. Today’s Bangor Daily News has the details. [Access to archived articles requires a...