Sempra Reports “Strong” Shipper Interest in Energia Costa Azul Terminal
Posted on May 16, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Sempra Reports “Strong” Shipper Interest in Energia Costa Azul Terminal
In its recent open season, Sempra LNG says it received non-binding bids totaling 2.9 Bcf/d from prospective shippers who are seeking capacity at the company’s 1 Bcf/d Energia Costa Azul LNG facility, in Baja California, Mexico. Sempra’s open season sought bids for approximately 1.5 Bcf/day to match the company’s intent to expand the regasification terminal to 2.5...
Environmental Group Seeks to Influence Shell on Gulf Landing
Posted on May 16, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Environmental Group Seeks to Influence Shell on Gulf Landing
Members from a local environmental organization today will meet with Shell shareholders in the Netherlands to discuss the potential environmental impacts of the company’s Gulf Landing LNG terminal proposed for offshore Louisiana. The Gumbo Alliance for Safe LNG hopes to persuade Shell executives to switch from the open-loop to the closed-loop design, which they say poses a...
Appellate Court Orders FERC to Clarify Decision in LNG Case
Posted on May 16, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Litigation, Storage | Comments Off on Appellate Court Orders FERC to Clarify Decision in LNG Case
In a ruling issued Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered FERC to explain why it declined to award restitution to Virginia Natural Gas for an alleged financial loss stemming from a breach of contract by Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. in 2003. This case arose out of a complaint filed at FERC by VNG that Columbia failed to fully honor its service...
Sempra Lawsuit Dismissed
Posted on May 15, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Litigation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Sempra Lawsuit Dismissed
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that a San Diego court has dismissed a $5.5 million lawsuit alleging that Sempra Energy and Mexican government officials conspired to unlawfully seize land that Marathon Oil was planning to use for an LNG project in Baja California. Although Santiago Gracia, one of the three plaintiffs said, “[w]e’re still devising the legal...
Report: New England States Should Manage Region’s Gas Supply
Posted on May 15, 2006 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Report: New England States Should Manage Region’s Gas Supply
A study published by the New England Public Policy Center says that New England state governments should “take a more active role” in ensuring energy availability. The report deals specifically with the difficulties of siting LNG facilities, detailing community opposition in Massachusetts and Maine and concluding that until there is a “coordinated way for...