Local Residents Accuse NorthernStar of Deception
Posted on Dec 18, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Local Residents Accuse NorthernStar of Deception
Bradwood Landing developer NorthernStar Natural Gas is facing criticism for a recently distributed brochure, which contains a map omitting certain islands LNG vessels would pass on their way to the proposed facility. The brochures “do not reflect the dangers of the sandbars and islands in the river that these ships have to negotiate,” a Longview, Wash., resident...
Broadwater Critics Launch Radio Advertising Campaign
Posted on Dec 18, 2006 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Broadwater Critics Launch Radio Advertising Campaign
A local environmental organization has sponsored a targeted radio advertising campaign designed to increase public as well as political opposition to Broadwater Energy’s proposed LNG terminal in Long Island Sound. In response, the vice president for Broadwater Energy said that the ads are “not honest nor do they contain factual information.” Read more in The New...
Bradwood Landing Awaits Clatsop County Decision on Zone Change
Posted on Dec 18, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Bradwood Landing Awaits Clatsop County Decision on Zone Change
The Clatsop County administrator says “there is no way for the county planners to make a time estimate” for completing their review of the land use application NorthernStar Natural Gas filed with the county four months ago. The Daily Astorian reports on the potential for delay and litigation regarding the land use...
Trinidad Unable to Supply LNG to Jamaica
Posted on Dec 15, 2006 in Liquefaction | Comments Off on Trinidad Unable to Supply LNG to Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago is unable to provide Jamaica with LNG from any of its four liquefaction trains due to limited supply, according to the president of Trinidad’s state-owned National Gas Company. “There is still the intention to assist in that regard with the supply of LNG, but…it will come from a future LNG train in Trinidad … which is a question mark,” Frank...
Quoddy Bay LNG Expected to Submit FERC Application Today
Posted on Dec 15, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Quoddy Bay LNG Expected to Submit FERC Application Today
Quoddy Bay LNG plans to file an application today with FERC for its proposed import facility in Maine, according to Platts LNG Daily. Project manager Brian Smith says that he anticipates a final decision from FERC within a year. [Subscription...