FERC Issues Conditional Approval for Freeport LNG’s Re-Export, Liquefaction, and Truck Delivery Proposals
Posted on May 7, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Issues Conditional Approval for Freeport LNG’s Re-Export, Liquefaction, and Truck Delivery Proposals
Subject to a number of environmental conditions, FERC has approved Freeport LNG Development, L.P.’s proposal to re-export up to 24 Bcf of foreign-sourced LNG over a two-year period. FERC also approved Freeport’s proposals to add a boil-off gas liquefaction system to its facility and to accept LNG deliveries via truck for the purpose of maintaining its storage tanks in a...
Daily Letters to the Editor
Posted on May 7, 2009 in Marine Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Daily Letters to the Editor
Daily Astorian (Ore.) (Argues that U.S. Congress should incorporate SIGTTO “best practices” into Coast Guard regulations)
Sempra CEO: Commissioning Cargos Expected at Cameron LNG in June
Posted on May 6, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Sempra CEO: Commissioning Cargos Expected at Cameron LNG in June
During a conference call yesterday to discuss his company’s first quarter earnings, Sempra’s Chairman and CEO Donald Felsinger said that commissioning cargos should be delivered to the Cameron LNG import terminal in June and that commercial service will begin at the terminal in the third quarter of this year. Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] provides additional...
Protestors Voice Opposition to Foreign Construction Workers at Canaport LNG Terminal Site
Posted on May 6, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Protestors Voice Opposition to Foreign Construction Workers at Canaport LNG Terminal Site
CBC reports that a labor dispute led four unemployed men to prevent a busload of Polish workers from entering the Canaport LNG import terminal site yesterday. The unemployed men were protesting the difficulty they have had obtaining work on the Canaport LNG project. A spokesperson for the Canaport project clarified that the dispute is between one of the facility’s contractors and...
Oregon Grants Fourth Stay in Bradwood Landing LNG CZMA Consistency Review
Posted on May 6, 2009 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon Grants Fourth Stay in Bradwood Landing LNG CZMA Consistency Review
The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development and Bradwood Landing LLC have agreed to a fourth stay in the review of the project’s consistency with Oregon’s federally approved Coastal Zone Management Plan. Under the terms of the stay, the review period for the project will remain open an additional 180 days beginning May 5, 2009, and Oregon’s...