California Terminates Clearwater Port LNG Application Due to Inactivity
Posted on Mar 17, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on California Terminates Clearwater Port LNG Application Due to Inactivity
The California State Lands Commission notified NorthernStar Natural Gas that it has terminated the Clearwater Port LNG project proposed for offshore California due to inactivity for a period exceeding six months. According to the Ventura Country Star, the project has been inactive for more than a year. An official with NorthernStar commented that he believes the project “is...
Alaskan Utilities Offer to Buy All or Part of Kenai LNG Liquefaction Facility
Posted on Mar 17, 2010 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Alaskan Utilities Offer to Buy All or Part of Kenai LNG Liquefaction Facility
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that a cooperative of Alaskan utilities has offered to purchase all or part of the Kenai LNG liquefaction facility. The Alaskan Natural Gas Development Authority told the Alaskan Senate this week that the utilities are concerned that the facility will close if current Kenai LNG facility owners ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil are not...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Mar 16, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Milford Haven Port Strike Off as Row Resolved (BBC)
WGL, Dominion Present Oral Arguments to D.C. Circuit Over Cove Point Expansion
Posted on Mar 15, 2010 in Gas Composition, Litigation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on WGL, Dominion Present Oral Arguments to D.C. Circuit Over Cove Point Expansion
Lawyers for Washington Gas Light (WGL), FERC and Dominion presented oral arguments over the Cove Point LNG terminal Expansion Project to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. WGL argued that the Expansion Project would increase flows of regasified LNG on WGL’s distribution system, and those flows could cause damage to their equipment. FERC responded by emphasizing that...
Former Alaskan Senator Advocating Export of North Slope Gas to Asia
Posted on Mar 15, 2010 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Former Alaskan Senator Advocating Export of North Slope Gas to Asia
Revising his previous position on a natural gas pipeline that would transport gas from Alaska’s North Slope through Canada to markets in the lower 48 states, former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens is now advocating for North Slope gas to be piped to Kenai or Valdez on the Alaskan Pacific coast and exported to Asia as LNG. As reported by the Anchorage Daily News, Stevens no longer...