EPA Responds to Jordan Cove LNG FEIS
Posted on Jun 18, 2009 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on EPA Responds to Jordan Cove LNG FEIS
Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed comments regarding FERC Staff’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) prepared for the Jordan Cove LNG project. EPA’s comments focus on management of dredging spoils and requests further information on dredging procedures. See Docket No. CP07-444 in the FERC eLibrary for further...
EPA Files Comments on Cove Point LNG Pier Reinforcement Project
Posted on Jun 18, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on EPA Files Comments on Cove Point LNG Pier Reinforcement Project
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed responses to FERC Staff’s Environmental Assessment (EA) prepared for the Cove Point LNG Pier Reinforcement Project. EPA commented on six issues including sediment and shore erosion, noise levels from larger LNG vessels, animal species, and air emissions. EPA’s comments are available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....
StatoilHydro, RasGas Agree on Short-Term LNG Supply Deal
Posted on Jun 17, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on StatoilHydro, RasGas Agree on Short-Term LNG Supply Deal
A spokesperson for StatoilHydro told Reuters that the company has reached an agreement with Qatar’s RasGas for short-term LNG supply for the Cove Point LNG import terminal. Although few details of the agreement have been made public, the StatoilHydro representative said that “[t]he number of LNG cargos actually delivered to Statoil at Cove Point will depend on such factors...
Public Officials’ Refusal to Sign Non-Disclosure Agreement Delays Weaver’s Cove LNG Meeting
Posted on Jun 17, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Public Officials’ Refusal to Sign Non-Disclosure Agreement Delays Weaver’s Cove LNG Meeting
The Fall River Herald News (Mass.) reports that because Massachusetts State Rep. Raymond Gallison (D-Bristol) and Somerset Selectman Lorne Lawless refused to sign non-disclosure agreements required by FERC yesterday before a technical conference on the Weaver’s Cove LNG project, the meeting was...
Maine-New Brunswick Energy Corridor Delayed
Posted on Jun 17, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Policy, Legislation and Politics, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Maine-New Brunswick Energy Corridor Delayed
Platts LNG Daily reports that Maine Governor John Baldacci (D) signed an energy bill that potentially delays development of an energy corridor between Maine and New Brunswick. [Subscription...