LNG Price Convergence Predicted for Atlantic Basin
Posted on Jul 9, 2007 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on LNG Price Convergence Predicted for Atlantic Basin
Energy Business Review Online reports that from 1996 – 2006, LNG imports to the American market grew at 13% per year on average, compared with natural gas consumption growing at just 1.4% per year during the same period. The piece hypothesizes that this large growth rate, coupled with decentralized regulation, will make the United States the destination of choice for LNG in the...
AES Opposes LNG Rule in Maryland Court
Posted on Jul 9, 2007 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on AES Opposes LNG Rule in Maryland Court
AES Corp., the developer backing the Sparrows Point LNG facility, has filed a complaint with the Baltimore County Circuit Court alleging that that the Baltimore County Council and the Maryland Critical Areas Commission improperly approved a rule that prohibits LNG terminals from being built in certain environmentally sensitive portions of the Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore County. AES...
Questions Over Maine BEP’s Jurisdiction Arise as Downeast LNG Hearings Loom
Posted on Jul 6, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Questions Over Maine BEP’s Jurisdiction Arise as Downeast LNG Hearings Loom
In preparation for upcoming hearings on Downeast LNG’s proposed regasification terminal, Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection voted 4-2 yesterday to disallow pre-filed testimony from Canadian fishermen who only fish in Canadian waters. The BEP chairman said such testimony would be outside the Board’s jurisdiction. The BEP also continued to work with state...
MARAD Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal
Posted on Jul 6, 2007 in Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on MARAD Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal
MARAD announced in today’s Federal Register that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for TORP Terminal LP’s Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal (BOET) is now available for public comment under docket 24644. The public comment period starts today and closes on August 20, and will include a public hearing on July 25 in Mobile, Ala. BOET will be located approximately 60 ...
Harbor Pilot Traverses Proposed LNG Carrier Route
Posted on Jul 6, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Harbor Pilot Traverses Proposed LNG Carrier Route
The Bangor Daily News joined Capt. Robert J. Peacock recently as he piloted a large ship through the Head Harbour Passage, a narrow Canadian waterway through which vessels bound for the proposed Downeast and Quoddy Bay LNG terminals would have to transit. Capt. Peacock explains how the passage’s weather conditions may affect vessel...