Panel to Debate LNG Concerns
Posted on Jan 30, 2006 in Environmental, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Panel to Debate LNG Concerns
A panel of experts will discuss the prospects of LNG as a viable energy alternative, as well as the approval process outlined for the dozens of terminal proposals in the United States. According to The Santa Barbara News-Press, the event will take place on Feb. 1 at UCSB’s Donald Bren School of Environmental Science &...
Op-ed: PGW’s Project Has Economic Benefits
Posted on Jan 30, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-ed: PGW’s Project Has Economic Benefits
A Philadelphia resident says that while PGW’s proposed LNG project raises some legitimate security concerns, he feels that the terminal would be an economic boon for the city. “City Council has to decide whether it wants to cater to condo developers or needed city income in the long term.” His op-ed is in today’s Philadelphia Daily News. [Print edition...
Op-ed: Bradwood Landing Advertisements Are Deceptive
Posted on Jan 30, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-ed: Bradwood Landing Advertisements Are Deceptive
An Astoria, Ore. resident alleges that NorthernStar’s advertisements for its Bradwood Landing project depicting cruise ships and sailboats are misleading. She also expresses concern over adequate emergency response planning in the event of an LNG accident. Her op-ed is in Friday’s Daily...
Norway’s TORP Submits Application to USCG for Offshore LNG Project
Posted on Jan 30, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Norway’s TORP Submits Application to USCG for Offshore LNG Project
Platts LNG Daily reported that Norway’s TORP Technology filed an official application Friday with the U.S. Coast Guard for its proposed Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal south of Alabama. The facility, which is expected to come online in 2009, would use proprietary HiLoad technology to unload LNG and would build twenty miles of pipeline to reach the existing transport system....
New York Explores Options to Increase Energy Supplies
Posted on Jan 30, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on New York Explores Options to Increase Energy Supplies
Newsday reports that while many utilities and businesses acknowledge the New York metropolitan area’s need for additional energy supplies, they have yet to say publicly that LNG terminals off Long Island waters are a practical way to ease the shortfall. “I don’t think there’s any question that over the next 10 or 12 years Long Island is going to need more gas...