U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Delaware’s Authority to Deny Permit for Crown Landing LNG
Posted on Mar 31, 2008 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Delaware’s Authority to Deny Permit for Crown Landing LNG
The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that Delaware can regulate structures of an “extraordinary character” extending from New Jersey’s shore into Delaware’s territory under the terms of a 1905 compact between the two states. In affirming the findings of the Court-appointed special master, the Court upheld Delaware’s authority to refuse a permit to Crown...
Opponents to Jordan Cove LNG Project File Brief with LUBA
Posted on Mar 31, 2008 in Environmental, Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Opponents to Jordan Cove LNG Project File Brief with LUBA
The Southern Oregon Pipeline Information Project filed a brief in support of its appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) of Jordan Cove LNG’s land-use application. The land-use application submitted by Jordan Cove LNG was approved in December 2007 by the Coos County Commissioners. According to the Coos Bay World (Ore.), the brief argues that the county did not give enough...
Opponents Remain Concerned Despite Modification to Weaver’s Cove LNG Proposal
Posted on Mar 31, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Opponents Remain Concerned Despite Modification to Weaver’s Cove LNG Proposal
Following last week’s announcement that Weaver’s Cove LNG is seeking to modify its LNG project proposal, the Boston Globe reports that opponents to the project continue to have public safety concerns. As proposed, the modified project would feature an offloading berth in Mount Hope Bay and a 4-mile pipeline that would transport the natural gas in liquid form up the Taunton...
FERC Grants Extension to Corpus Christi LNG
Posted on Mar 31, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Grants Extension to Corpus Christi LNG
FERC granted an extension Friday to Corpus Christi LNG for construction and operation of its terminal and pipeline facilities. Cheniere Energy subsidiary Corpus Christi LNG LP cited LNG market conditions, including delays of liquefaction projects around the world, in its application for the extension of time. The letter granting the extension is available in the FERC eLibrary under...
Consulting Firm Predicts “Unimpressive” April for U.S. LNG Market
Posted on Mar 31, 2008 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Consulting Firm Predicts “Unimpressive” April for U.S. LNG Market
Waterborne Energy, a Houston-based consulting firm, released a report last week predicting that, due to strong demand in Japan and Spain, LNG imports to the United States would be 36 Bcf for the month of April. The firm also estimated that U.S. LNG imports would total approximately 512 Bcf for 2008, a 33% year-on-year decline from 2007, but indicated that the estimation was “very...