WestPac LNG Announces Management Changes, New HQ
Posted on Dec 7, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on WestPac LNG Announces Management Changes, New HQ
WestPac LNG announced yesterday that company president Mark Butler will step down and vice president of business development Stu Leson will fill the vacancy. Butler told the Powell River Peak that he would remain on the company board and would contribute to the LNG project in a “consulting capacity.” WestPac LNG also announced that its corporate headquarters was moving to...
Op-Ed: Oil Tanker Accident Resembled Warnings of Counterterrorism Analyst
Posted on Dec 7, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Oil Tanker Accident Resembled Warnings of Counterterrorism Analyst
An op-ed carried the Boston Herald states that the gasoline tanker accident in Everett, Mass., resembled the warnings offered by counterterrorism analyst Richard Clarke regarding the hypothetical consequences of an accident at the Distrigas Everett LNG import facility. Noting the significant security provided for LNG tankers transiting to the Everett facility, the piece suggests that...
Excelerate Confirms “Exclusive Conversations” Have Taken Place with RWE
Posted on Dec 7, 2007 in Financing | Comments Off on Excelerate Confirms “Exclusive Conversations” Have Taken Place with RWE
Reuters reports that Excelerate Energy, an LNG company based in the United States, has confirmed that the company has had “exclusive conversations with RWE,” though declined to comment further regarding a report that RWE is pursuing a 50% stake in...
Daily Letters to the Editor
Posted on Dec 7, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Daily Letters to the Editor
Powell River Peak (British Columbia, Canada) (Opposes the WestPac LNG proposal)
BP T&T Urges Restraint in Pursuing Gas Projects
Posted on Dec 7, 2007 in E&P, Liquefaction | Comments Off on BP T&T Urges Restraint in Pursuing Gas Projects
Robert Riley, chairman and chief executive of BP Trinidad and Tobago, told the Jamaica Gleaner that depleting reserves suggest that Trinidad ought to “exercise restraint because we cannot allow growth to so drive us that we get so far ahead of exploration potential that we have projects but no gas.” Riley went on to say that “Trinidad has neither stranded gas nor...