Alaskan Attorney General, Electric Utility Oppose Gas Supply Contract for Kenai LNG Export Facility
Posted on Sep 11, 2008 in Liquefaction, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Alaskan Attorney General, Electric Utility Oppose Gas Supply Contract for Kenai LNG Export Facility
The Anchorage Daily News reports that Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg and local power utility Chugach Electric have filed briefs opposing Cook Inlet gas producer Enstar Natural Gas Co.’s updated gas supply contracts for the Kenai LNG liquefaction terminal. They argue that the contracts do not reflect reasonable pricing. The Regulatory Commission of Alaska must approve or...
Oregon Senator Requests Review of Kenai LNG Export License Extension
Posted on Sep 10, 2008 in Liquefaction, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Oregon Senator Requests Review of Kenai LNG Export License Extension
Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter to Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman this week requesting a review of the June 2008 Department of Energy (DOE) order that extended the license permitting the Kenai LNG liquefaction plant in Alaska to continue exporting LNG to Japan. The letter asserts that the DOE did not adequately consider the Energia Costa Azul LNG terminal in Baja California as...
Canaport LNG, Other Projects Signal Economic Growth for St. John Region
Posted on Sep 10, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canaport LNG, Other Projects Signal Economic Growth for St. John Region
According to the Chronicle Herald, the Canaport LNG terminal and other large energy projects proposed for the region may result in dramatic economic growth for St. John, New Brunswick, and surrounding...
Stakeholders React to FERC’s Denial of Rehearing on Broadwater LNG Project
Posted on Sep 9, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Stakeholders React to FERC’s Denial of Rehearing on Broadwater LNG Project
Newsday offers coverage of reactions to FERC’s decision to deny rehearing on the Broadwater LNG project.
Gazprom Official “Surprised” by Canadian PM’s Comments Regarding Rabaska LNG Project
Posted on Sep 9, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Gazprom Official “Surprised” by Canadian PM’s Comments Regarding Rabaska LNG Project
According to Reuters, Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev told a Russian investment conference this week that his company has been “surprised by the statement of the Canadian prime minister that Canada will reconsider the Rabaska project” in light of the conflict in Georgia. Medvedev also said that the management of the Rabaska project has told Gazprom that they do not...