PHMSA Determines Agency Has Jurisdiction Over Weaver’s Cove LNG Pipeline Proposal
Posted on Mar 29, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on PHMSA Determines Agency Has Jurisdiction Over Weaver’s Cove LNG Pipeline Proposal
The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) has determined that the agency has jurisdiction over the “pipe in pipe” LNG transfer system proposed by Weaver’s Cove LNG. PHMSA also concluded that the siting requirements for marine cargo transfer systems, found at 49 C.F.R. part 193, apply to the planned “pipe in pipe” system....
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Mar 29, 2010 in Environmental, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Lithuania Wants to Build LNG Terminal (Ria Novosti) Croat Environment Ministry OKs Adria LNG (Reuters) Italy’s Adriatic LNG Terminal Offers Some Berthing Slots to Third Parties (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription required] UK’s Dragon LNG Terminal Offers Two Spare Berthing Slots (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription...
El Paso Corp. Sells 51% Interest in Southern LNG, Elba Express Pipeline to El Paso Pipeline Partners
Posted on Mar 29, 2010 in Financing, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on El Paso Corp. Sells 51% Interest in Southern LNG, Elba Express Pipeline to El Paso Pipeline Partners
Last week El Paso Pipeline Partners LP announced that it plans to take a 51% interest in Southern LNG Company LLC and El Paso Elba Express Co. LLC from El Paso Corp. for a purchase price of $810 million. This announcement follows a comment made earlier this month by an El Paso Corp. executive, who said that the company was considering selling the Elba Island LNG terminal and the...
Op-Eds Argue Against Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on Mar 25, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Eds Argue Against Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Two op-ed pieces carried by the Herald News (Fall River, Mass.) this week present arguments against the planned Weaver’s Cove LNG project. The first, authored by a member of the LNG Working Group, suggests that the numerous setbacks faced by the Weaver’s Cove LNG project coupled with anticipated shale gas volumes in the Northeastern United States should convince project...
Op-Ed: Failure of LNG Projects Proposed for California Casts Doubt on Arguments for LNG Imports
Posted on Mar 25, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Failure of LNG Projects Proposed for California Casts Doubt on Arguments for LNG Imports
An op-ed carried by the Ventura County Star suggests that the failures of several LNG projects proposed in California, including most recently the failure of the Clearwater Port offshore LNG project, cast doubt on the necessity of LNG imports in the...