TransCanada to Build Pipeline Associated with Manzanillo LNG
Posted on May 8, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on TransCanada to Build Pipeline Associated with Manzanillo LNG
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that TransCanada was successful in its bid to build, own, and operate the 193-mile Guadalajara Pipeline that will transport gas imported to the Manzanillo LNG terminal to the city of...
Neptune LNG Seeks One-Year Authorization for Incidental “Harassment” of Marine Mammals
Posted on May 8, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Neptune LNG Seeks One-Year Authorization for Incidental “Harassment” of Marine Mammals
Neptune LNG, LLC has requested a one-year authorization from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to potentially disturb or injure marine mammals as the company completes construction and begins commercial operation of its LNG deepwater port. The notice of the application and request for public comments, available in today’s Federal Register, notes that NMFS currently is...
Analysts: Delays at Liquefaction Projects Could Moderate Expected Increase in LNG Imports to U.S. Terminals
Posted on May 8, 2009 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Analysts: Delays at Liquefaction Projects Could Moderate Expected Increase in LNG Imports to U.S. Terminals
Analysts with Bernstein said in a research note published yesterday that delayed commercial operations at several liquefaction projects around the world, including the QatarGas II Train 5, Indonesia’s Tangguh, and the Sakhalin II Train 2 facility in Russia, could moderate the expected increase in LNG delivered to U.S. terminals. Reuters provides further...
New York Requests FERC Withdraw Authorization of Broadwater LNG Project
Posted on May 7, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on New York Requests FERC Withdraw Authorization of Broadwater LNG Project
The New York State Department of State (NYSDOS) has renewed its demand that FERC “withdraw or vacate its March 20, 2008, Order authorizing the siting, construction and operation” of the Broadwater LNG import project. The U.S. Secretary of Commerce recently sustained New York State’s Coastal Zone Management Act consistency objection to the project. The NYSDOS’s...
NATS Suggests 2009 U.S. LNG Imports May Approach 2007 Total
Posted on May 7, 2009 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on NATS Suggests 2009 U.S. LNG Imports May Approach 2007 Total
In a market comment released yesterday, NATS suggests that U.S. LNG imports in 2009 may approach, but likely will not reach, the record-setting import total of 2007. NATS says that the size of the expected surge in LNG deliveries to U.S. terminals over the summer will determine whether the 2009 import total reaches the 738 Bcf imported to the United States in 2007. [Subscription...