Report Issued by Environmental Group Critical of West Coast LNG Projects
Posted on Feb 27, 2008 in Environmental, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Report Issued by Environmental Group Critical of West Coast LNG Projects
The Ventura County Star reports that several environmental groups released a report entitled “Collision Course: How Imported Liquefied Natural Gas Will Undermine Clean Energy in California” which argues against LNG projects proposed for the U.S. West Coast. The report cites economic, environmental, and domestic supply issues as reasons for not investing in LNG...
Connecticut Scientists Critical of Broadwater FEIS
Posted on Feb 27, 2008 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Connecticut Scientists Critical of Broadwater FEIS
Marine scientists from the University of New Haven and the University of Connecticut told a state task force that the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) issued by FERC on the Broadwater LNG proposal contains “information holes and missteps” and that the agency “misinterpreted [its] own data.” Peter Auster, an associate professor at the University of...
Analyst: U.S. LNG Market Will Remain Seasonal
Posted on Feb 27, 2008 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Analyst: U.S. LNG Market Will Remain Seasonal
Energy investment firm Tudor, Pickering Holt & Co. released a report yesterday predicting that the North American LNG market would remain seasonal for the next several years, noting that “the U.S. wins cargoes only as [sic] the premium price point.” However, the report also states that LNG will become an increasingly important part of the United States’ natural...
NATS: Repaired LNG Vessel Catalunya Spirit Back at Sea
Posted on Feb 26, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on NATS: Repaired LNG Vessel Catalunya Spirit Back at Sea
In its LNG Week in Review, NATS reports that the Catalunya Spirit, the LNG vessel that reportedly lost propulsion off the Massachusetts coast last week, discharged its cargo at the Everett LNG terminal over the weekend, and now is back at sea. [Subscription...
Hearing to Compel Environmental Review of Sound Energy Solutions LNG Proposal Set for March
Posted on Feb 26, 2008 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Hearing to Compel Environmental Review of Sound Energy Solutions LNG Proposal Set for March
Sound Energy Solutions (SES) filed data responses at FERC last week that include a status update on its efforts to gain site control for the proposed SES LNG terminal. The filing also contains a brief in support of SES’ Petition for Writ of Mandate, originally filed in the Superior Court of California in February 2007, to compel the Port of Long Beach and the Board of Harbor...