FERC Staff Provides Comments on Resource Reports Submitted by Calais LNG
Posted on Apr 7, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Staff Provides Comments on Resource Reports Submitted by Calais LNG
Last week FERC Staff provided substantive comments on Calais LNG’s draft Environmental Resource Reports 1 thru 11 and 13. FERC’s comments address issues associated with LNG vessel transit, environmental impacts of the project, safety and security matters, as well as many others. FERC’s comments are in the eLibrary under Docket No....
Op-Ed: Opposition to Columbia River LNG Projects Not Contradictory Despite Need for Natural Gas
Posted on Apr 6, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Opposition to Columbia River LNG Projects Not Contradictory Despite Need for Natural Gas
An op-ed carried by the Hillsboro Argus (Ore.) argues that opposition to the proposed Bradwood Landing and Oregon LNG projects is not inconsistent with increasing natural gas use. The piece argues that expanding natural gas use does not necessarily require building LNG regasification terminals on the Columbia River and that U.S. domestic resources, including shale gas and methane...
Marketer: Increased LNG Imports Could Drive Down Price of U.S. Natural Gas
Posted on Apr 6, 2009 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Marketer: Increased LNG Imports Could Drive Down Price of U.S. Natural Gas
Speaking to an audience in western Colorado, John Harpole, president of Mercator Energy, said that if U.S. LNG imports rise significantly, domestic natural gas prices could fall as low as $1.50/million BTU. Read more in the Grand Junction Daily...
Marathon Cutting Gas Production in Alaska
Posted on Apr 6, 2009 in E&P, Liquefaction | Comments Off on Marathon Cutting Gas Production in Alaska
A Marathon Oil Co. official told the Alaska Journal of Commerce that the company is slowing its drilling of new natural gas production wells in Southcentral Alaska. Much of Marathon’s gas production in this region is exported to Japan via the Kenai LNG liquefaction...
FERC Seeks Additional Engineering Information from Downeast LNG
Posted on Apr 6, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Seeks Additional Engineering Information from Downeast LNG
On Friday FERC issued a request for additional engineering information regarding seismic and geological issues to Downeast LNG, Inc. The company has until April 13, 2009, to file its response. The request is available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....