Local Official Concerned About Approval Delays for Maple LNG
Posted on Mar 4, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Local Official Concerned About Approval Delays for Maple LNG
Speaking to Canadian radio station 101.5 FM, Guysborough Warden Lloyd Hines expressed concern that environmental permits required for the Maple LNG terminal proposed for Nova Scotia, Canada, will delay final approval of the project. Hines specifically named the Roseate Tern, an endangered species of bird with habitat near the terminal’s proposed site, as reason for the...
FERC Suspends Review of SES Long Beach LNG Project
Posted on Mar 4, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Suspends Review of SES Long Beach LNG Project
Yesterday FERC announced that it has suspended its review of the Sound Energy Solutions (“SES”) Long Beach LNG regasification project. According to the letter issued by FERC, SES lacks control over the proposed site of its LNG terminal. FERC indicates that if SES secures full control over the proposed site, the Commission will reinitiate processing SES’ application...
StatoilHydro, Sonatrach Sign HOA for Supply/Access to Cove Point
Posted on Mar 3, 2008 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on StatoilHydro, Sonatrach Sign HOA for Supply/Access to Cove Point
Norway’s StatoilHydro ASA announced on March 1 that it has signed a binding Heads of Agreement (HOA) to provide Algeria’s Sonatrach with long-term access to the Cove Point LNG terminal expansion. According to the press release, under the terms of the HOA, Sonatrach will receive access to 2 Bcm/y of regasification capacity at Cove Point for 15 years beginning in 2009. In...
Secretary of Commerce Stays Closure of Record in CZMA Consistency Appeal by Weaver’s Cove LNG
Posted on Mar 3, 2008 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Secretary of Commerce Stays Closure of Record in CZMA Consistency Appeal by Weaver’s Cove LNG
U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Carlos Gutierrez, has determined that it is necessary to receive additional information before deciding on Weaver’s Cove LNG’s consistency appeal under the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) and, as a result, has stayed closure of the decision record until May 5, 2008. Read today’s Federal Register for additional...
NATS: February U.S. LNG Sendouts at Lowest Level in Four Years
Posted on Mar 3, 2008 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on NATS: February U.S. LNG Sendouts at Lowest Level in Four Years
NATS reports that sendout of regasified LNG in the United States totaled 24.9 Bcf for the month of February. According to NATS, this total represents the lowest February sendout level for the years 2004-2008. [Subscription...