Coast Guard Commandant Critical of House Reauthorization Bill
Posted on May 2, 2008 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Coast Guard Commandant Critical of House Reauthorization Bill
Lloyd’s List reports on comments made by U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen critical of H.R. 2830, the Coast Guard reauthorization bill passed by the House last week. The bill includes a provision that would require the agency to certify that sufficient safety and security resources are in place to protect LNG terminals and vessels in transit to a facility. [Subscription...
LNG Tax Agreement Remains Issue in New Brunswick Mayoral Campaign
Posted on May 1, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on LNG Tax Agreement Remains Issue in New Brunswick Mayoral Campaign
The Telegraph-Journal reports that mayoral candidates in St. John, N.B., are continuing to debate the merits of a property tax agreement reached between the city and the Canaport LNG import...
Environmental Group Reacts to DEIS for Proposed Port Dolphin LNG Deepwater Port
Posted on May 1, 2008 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Environmental Group Reacts to DEIS for Proposed Port Dolphin LNG Deepwater Port
Glenn Compton, director of Florida environmental group ManaSota-88, told the Bradenton Herald that he believes that the proposed Port Dolphin LNG deepwater port project may inflict “a lot more environmental damage” than described in the project’s recently-issued draft Environmental Impact...
Economists Predict Higher Natural Gas Prices with Increased LNG Imports
Posted on May 1, 2008 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Economists Predict Higher Natural Gas Prices with Increased LNG Imports
Two economists for the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas predict that, as LNG imports to the United States increase, gas prices in the U.S. market will trend towards the higher prices seen in the global LNG market. According to Platts LNG Daily, the economists wrote that “[o]nce LNG imports become the marginal source of U.S. supply, much higher international natural gas...
Daily Letters to the Editor
Posted on May 1, 2008 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Daily Letters to the Editor
Asbury Park Press (New Jersey) (in favor of LNG terminals in the Mid-Atlantic U.S.)