Mexico Sees Rise in Natural Gas Supply
Posted on Aug 23, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Mexico Sees Rise in Natural Gas Supply
Record domestic natural gas production this month and the Altamira LNG terminal’s inaugural LNG shipment by Royal Dutch Shell last week has helped increase Mexico’s natural gas supply, according to today’s World Gas Intelligence. However, Shell Mexico president Cornelis Van der Bom says that Mexico will “need to be extremely successful” in order to meet...
KeySpan Reports Security Breach at LNG Storage Facility
Posted on Aug 23, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues, Storage | Comments Off on KeySpan Reports Security Breach at LNG Storage Facility
KeySpan Corp. on Monday reported a security breach at its LNG storage facility in Lynn, Mass. The breach occurred August 16 when two people cut a fence and scaled the storage tank; Massachusetts state officials expressed alarm over the five-day delay in reporting the incident. “That’s less than ideal, that kind of reporting turnaround,” said Mike Coehlo, chief of...
Editorial: Broadwater Terminal Not Suitable for Long Island Sound
Posted on Aug 23, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: Broadwater Terminal Not Suitable for Long Island Sound
The Connecticut Post has expressed opposition to Broadwater Energy’s LNG terminal proposed for Long Island Sound, arguing that “there are better ways to assure adequate gas supplies without posing serious environmental and security threats to the...
Bradwood Landing Donation Criticized
Posted on Aug 23, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Bradwood Landing Donation Criticized
Opponents of the Bradwood Landing LNG terminal have criticized NorthernStar’s $100,000 donation to the Wahkiakum County Community Foundation on Thursday, saying that the LNG developer is trying to buy support for the project. According to The Daily Astorian, NorthernStar plans to donate $100,000 each year until the terminal is built and $500,000 each year it is operational, and...
Opposition Confers on Strategy to Defeat Broadwater
Posted on Aug 22, 2006 in Blog, LNGLawBlog, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Opposition Confers on Strategy to Defeat Broadwater
Representatives from Connecticut’s congressional delegation as well as from the offices of several state legislators met on August 15, 2006, with Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Save the Sound to discuss Broadwater Energy’s plan to construct an LNG terminal in Long Island Sound. The meeting, held at the New Haven office of U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT),...