TORP Withdraws Bienville LNG Deepwater Port Application
Posted on Oct 10, 2008 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on TORP Withdraws Bienville LNG Deepwater Port Application
TORP announced yesterday that it is withdrawing its application to construct the Bienville LNG Deepwater Port terminal off the coast of Alabama after Governor Bob Riley (R) expressed concern about the environmental impacts of the project’s open loop vaporization system. It is unclear at this time whether TORP will resubmit its application with measures to address Governor Riley’s environmental concerns, such as redesigning its project to employ a closed loop vaporization system, as Freeport McMoRan did when it faced similar opposition to the Main Pass Energy Hub proposal. BusinessWeek and Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] provide additional details.