MARAD Extends Public Comment Period for Safe Harbor LNG Deepwater Port Proceeding
Posted on Feb 10, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on MARAD Extends Public Comment Period for Safe Harbor LNG Deepwater Port Proceeding
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has extended its deadline for submitting public comments in the Safe Harbor LNG deepwater port proceeding by 30 days. See the announcement in today’s Federal Register for further...
CLNG to Release Study This Week Comparing GHG Emissions from LNG and Coal Projects
Posted on Feb 10, 2009 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on CLNG to Release Study This Week Comparing GHG Emissions from LNG and Coal Projects
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that the Center for LNG (CLNG) plans to release a report this week comparing the life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from LNG projects to GHG emissions from U.S. coal-fired power plants. According to Platts, the report concludes that a typical U.S. coal-fired power plant emits approximately two and a half times the amount of...
Weaver’s Cove CEO Touts Project’s Expected Economic Benefits for Local Community
Posted on Feb 9, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove CEO Touts Project’s Expected Economic Benefits for Local Community
Gordon Shearer, CEO of Weaver’s Cove Energy, told the Herald News (Fall River, Mass.) that the construction of his company’s proposed LNG import terminal could create more than 1,000 direct and indirect jobs and bring in over $500 million in related revenue to the area. Shearer also said that his company will remain “persistent” in developing the...
Analysis Examines Challenges Facing U.S. LNG Importers
Posted on Feb 9, 2009 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Analysis Examines Challenges Facing U.S. LNG Importers
The Wall Street Journal offers an analysis that examines various challenges facing U.S. LNG importers. The piece notes that over the last five years a number of companies, including Cheniere Energy Inc., expanded existing or constructed new LNG terminals in the United States hoping to attract a great deal of LNG on the global market. Despite current U.S. market conditions, including...
Ore. Attorney General Voices Support for Use of Domestic Natural Gas Over LNG
Posted on Feb 6, 2009 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Ore. Attorney General Voices Support for Use of Domestic Natural Gas Over LNG
John Kroger, attorney general for the State of Oregon, told the Daily Astorian that he believes the United States should use its domestic natural gas resources instead of constructing LNG terminals to import natural gas from foreign sources. Kroger also said that he hopes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will overturn FERC’s conditional approval of the Bradwood...