Texas Town Expecting Revenue Boost Once Freeport LNG Begins Operations
Posted on Sep 26, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Texas Town Expecting Revenue Boost Once Freeport LNG Begins Operations
Quintana, Tex., home to the Freeport LNG project, is expecting a large revenue boost once the terminal begins to receive LNG cargos in March 2008. The Facts (Brazoria County, Tex.) reports that local officials and residents expect the town and company to develop a mutually beneficial relationship once the bustle of construction calms...
MARAD Continues to Encourage Use of U.S.-Flagged LNG Vessels
Posted on Sep 26, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on MARAD Continues to Encourage Use of U.S.-Flagged LNG Vessels
Speaking at Columbia University yesterday, U.S. Maritime Administrator Sean Connaughton said that MARAD will continue to encourage companies to use U.S.-flagged LNG vessels as a means to help meet the three largest challenges facing the agency: safety; security; and the environment. Connaughton went on to note that an expected shortfall of 30,000 LNG-certified officers in the global...
LNG Importers Challenge Algonquin Pipeline Nitrogen Limit
Posted on Sep 26, 2007 in Gas Composition, Litigation, Pipelines, Technology | Comments Off on LNG Importers Challenge Algonquin Pipeline Nitrogen Limit
On Sept. 24, parties in the Algonquin Pipeline gas composition proceeding at FERC filed comments on Algonquin’s proposed changes to its gas composition specifications. Statoil Natural Gas, an importer at the Cove Point LNG terminal in Maryland, challenged the proposed nitrogen limit, asserting in a technical affidavit that such a limit would reduce the amount of global LNG...
Experts Disagree on Potential Hazards Resulting from a Large-Scale LNG Spill
Posted on Sep 26, 2007 in Safety & Security, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Experts Disagree on Potential Hazards Resulting from a Large-Scale LNG Spill
The Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick, Canada) offers an analysis of the ongoing debate among experts regarding the effects of a large-scale LNG release, citing a recent GAO study which concluded that further research is needed. The piece also reports that Sandia National Laboratories is conducting studies of large-scale spills to further ascertain the dangers associated with such a...
ALNG Maintenance to End by October 1
Posted on Sep 26, 2007 in Liquefaction | Comments Off on ALNG Maintenance to End by October 1
Platts LNG Daily reports that a company spokesperson announced that maintenance work on the Atlantic LNG (ALNG) facility in Trinidad and Tobago will be completed by October 1. One of ALNG’s four liquefaction trains has been down for the past four weeks for scheduled maintenance. [Subscription...