Staging Begins for Construction of Neptune LNG Deepwater Port
Posted on Jul 17, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Staging Begins for Construction of Neptune LNG Deepwater Port
Construction activities have begun on the Neptune LNG deepwater port. According to the Daily News (Newburyport, Mass.), a spokesperson for Suez Energy North America said that a construction barge was towed to the construction site Tuesday...
LUBA Remands Jordan Cove LNG Land Use Application to County
Posted on Jul 17, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on LUBA Remands Jordan Cove LNG Land Use Application to County
The World (Coos Bay, Ore.) reports that the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) for the State of Oregon has remanded Jordan Cove Energy’s land use application to Coos County, stating that the county’s Board of Commissioners did not address a number of archeological and environmental...
Kitimat LNG Hopes to Commence Construction in Second Half of 2009
Posted on Jul 17, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Kitimat LNG Hopes to Commence Construction in Second Half of 2009
Kitimat LNG’s president, Rosemary Boulton, said at the LNG World Conference in Tokyo that she hopes construction of the company’s proposed LNG terminal in British Columbia will begin in the third quarter of 2009. According to Platts LNG Daily [subscription required], Boulton noted that this timeframe is contingent upon concluding commercial agreements within the next six...
House Approves Taunton River Measure
Posted on Jul 17, 2008 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on House Approves Taunton River Measure
Last night the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 415, a bill that would designate portions of the Taunton River in Massachusetts as “wild and scenic.” Should the measure be signed into law, it may affect the proposed Weaver’s Cove LNG regasification terminal. Read more in the Herald News (Fall River,...
FERC Approves Changes to Regulatory Status for Everett LNG Terminal
Posted on Jul 17, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Approves Changes to Regulatory Status for Everett LNG Terminal
FERC today announced that Distrigas of Massachusetts LLC, owner and operator of the Everett LNG regasification terminal, will be permitted to abandon its current services as authorized under section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and operate under section 3 of the NGA, which provides for less regulation by FERC. The decision is available under Docket No. CP08-49 in FERC’s...