Baltimore County Official Says Ethanol Better Than LNG
Posted on Sep 13, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Baltimore County Official Says Ethanol Better Than LNG
An ethanol plant in the Sparrows Point shipyard near Baltimore would be preferable to AES’ proposed LNG terminal, according to Baltimore County Councilman John A. Olszewski Sr. He said that an ethanol plant does not pose the same security risks as an LNG terminal and also does not require dredging a channel to accommodate vessels. Read more in The Daily Record (Md.)....
Spitzer Discourages Excessive Dependence on LNG
Posted on Sep 12, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Spitzer Discourages Excessive Dependence on LNG
In an interview with Platts LNG Daily, new FERC Commissioner Mark Spitzer expresses support for natural gas supply diversification and cautions against sole reliance on LNG as a supply source. “I don’t mean to diminish LNG, but we have to have a multi-faceted approach to gas,” he said. [Subscription...
Op-ed: Residents Should Visit Bradwood Landing Site
Posted on Sep 12, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-ed: Residents Should Visit Bradwood Landing Site
An Astoria, Ore. resident urges interested parties to attend today’s tour of the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal site and “ask the hard questions” about the project’s impact on the community. In an op-ed published by The Daily Astorian, Tom Duncan describes his attempt to visit the Dominion Cove Point LNG terminal in Maryland and the security measures he...
Local Officials Question Security at KeySpan Storage Facility
Posted on Sep 12, 2006 in Safety & Security, State and Local Issues, Storage | Comments Off on Local Officials Question Security at KeySpan Storage Facility
Revere City Councilor John Correggio is calling on KeySpan Corp. to implement more stringent security measures at its LNG storage facility in Lynn, Mass., after he found an unlocked gate and took photographs of himself in front of a tank last week. According to The Boston Herald, he and another Revere City Councilor, George Rotondo, tested the facility’s security after...
Forum Speaker Predicts Increase in LNG Imports by 2015
Posted on Sep 12, 2006 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Forum Speaker Predicts Increase in LNG Imports by 2015
LNG imports will constitute 21% of U.S. gas supply by 2015 — compared to 3% last year –according to the Midwest region vice president for Tenaska Marketing Ventures, who spoke yesterday at Interchange Energy’s LDC Forum in Chicago. Platts LNG Daily provides detailed coverage of the...