Local Residents Invited to Broadwater Beach Protest
Posted on Jan 4, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Residents Invited to Broadwater Beach Protest
Activist group Save the Sound has invited local residents to protest Broadwater Energy’s proposed LNG terminal in Long Island Sound by swimming at Branford Point Beach in Connecticut this Sunday. Donations collected at the “Our Water, NOT Brrrrroadwater Polar Plunge” will fund ongoing opposition efforts. Read more about the event in The Hartford Courant. [Access to...
Developers Targeting Canada for Energy Infrastructure
Posted on Jan 4, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Developers Targeting Canada for Energy Infrastructure
The Wall Street Journal reports on LNG and other energy infrastructure projects currently proposed for Canada, many of which will supply the United States. “Canada has been a reliable supplier of energy to the U.S., and that’s something we’d like to expand,” said the president of Irving Oil, a developer of the Canaport LNG terminal in New Brunswick....
Bankruptcy Court Approves Sale of Calpine Land Lease
Posted on Jan 4, 2007 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Bankruptcy Court Approves Sale of Calpine Land Lease
The Daily Astorian reports that a New York bankruptcy court yesterday approved the transfer of Calpine Corp.’s land lease with the Port of Astoria for the proposed Skipanon LNG terminal to Leucadia National Corp. The deal requires Leucadia to provide a financial guarantee for the subsidiary that will hold the lease, LNG Development Co., because the latter has no...
Astoria Officials Ask County to Retain LNG Safety Expert
Posted on Jan 4, 2007 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Astoria Officials Ask County to Retain LNG Safety Expert
The Daily Astorian reports on a letter that Astoria, Ore., city officials planned to send yesterday to Clatsop County Administrator Scott Derickson to ask the County to hire an expert to assess LNG public safety concerns and assist in the design of emergency response plans for the area’s proposed terminals. “[O]ur experience with LNG is limited,” City Manager Paul...
Rerouted Shipments May Render U.S. Terminals Underutilized
Posted on Jan 3, 2007 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Rerouted Shipments May Render U.S. Terminals Underutilized
World Gas Intelligence reports that several U.S. LNG terminals along the Gulf Coast may not operate at full capacity because much of the Qatari supply originally destined for those facilities has been rerouted to Asian markets offering higher prices. [Subscription...