Industrial Projects, Environmental Concerns Spur Detailed Study of Cape Cod Seabed
Posted on Sep 17, 2007 in Marine Regulation, Technology | Comments Off on Industrial Projects, Environmental Concerns Spur Detailed Study of Cape Cod Seabed
In a joint effort between the State of Massachusetts and the U.S. Government, scientists are creating detailed maps of several hundred square miles of ocean bottom using advanced sonar and geological techniques. Walter Barnhardt, a U.S. Geological Service research geologist, said, “a lot of engineering projects like wind farms, LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminals, and...
FERC Officials to Visit Oregon LNG Sites This Week
Posted on Sep 17, 2007 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Officials to Visit Oregon LNG Sites This Week
FERC announced last week that several members of its staff would visit the proposed site for the Oregon LNG terminal and associated pipeline infrastructure. The visits will occur on September 18-20, 2007. For more information, please see the Notice of Site Visit available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....
Federal Appeals Court Reverses Ruling in Passamaquoddy Tribe Case
Posted on Sep 17, 2007 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Federal Appeals Court Reverses Ruling in Passamaquoddy Tribe Case
A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that Nulankeyutmonen Nkihtaqmikon (“We Protect Our Homeland”), a group of the Passamaquoddy tribe that opposed their tribe’s leasing land to Quoddy Bay LLC for development into a LNG import terminal, has legal standing to sue the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs for approving the lease. Additionally, the...
Excelerate, Suez Energy On Board with Newfoundland LNG Storage Project
Posted on Sep 17, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Storage | Comments Off on Excelerate, Suez Energy On Board with Newfoundland LNG Storage Project
The Packet (Newfoundland) reports that Excelerate Energy and Suez Energy have agreed to store some of their LNG supplies at the proposed Newfoundland LNG facility at Grassy Point in Newfoundland, Canada. Excelerate’s VP of Operations explained, “although the Newfoundland project is about two days sailing from our Northeast Gateway port facility, and six days from our Gulf...
Editorial: Safe Harbor Energy Proposal Should be Carefully Considered
Posted on Sep 17, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: Safe Harbor Energy Proposal Should be Carefully Considered
The Star-Ledger (New Jersey) offers an editorial today that calls on state and federal regulators, as well as New Jersey residents, to give “a thorough scientific and political review” to the Atlantic Sea Island Group’s Safe Harbor Energy...