Op-Ed: Weaver’s Cove LNG Not Appropriate for Mt. Hope Bay
Posted on Apr 20, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Weaver’s Cove LNG Not Appropriate for Mt. Hope Bay
Chris Little, a candidate for Rhode Island attorney general, writes in today’s Herald News (Fall River, Mass.) that the Weaver’s Cove LNG project is not appropriate for Mount Hope Bay. He argues that applying the legal principles of the public trust doctrine to the Weaver’s Cove LNG project would result in preventing the project from being built. Separately, the...
Mass. Town Requesting Homeland Security Funding
Posted on Apr 20, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Mass. Town Requesting Homeland Security Funding
Today’s Los Angeles Times analyzes the request submitted by the town of Gloucester, Mass., to receive federal funding under a Department of Homeland Security program. Two LNG deepwater ports, Excelerate’s Northeast Gateway and GDF Suez’s Neptune LNG, are located between seven and ten miles from the town in the Atlantic Ocean. However, the piece suggests that the...
FERC Requests Schedule for Addressing Issues Raised at Site Visit to Cove Point LNG
Posted on Apr 20, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Requests Schedule for Addressing Issues Raised at Site Visit to Cove Point LNG
FERC has requested a schedule and plans for a number of issues raised during last month’s site visit to the Cove Point LNG import facility. FERC’s request is available in the eLibrary under Docket No....
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Apr 20, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Poland Selects Construction Supervisor for Building First LNG Terminal (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription required]
Analysts: “Shale Gas Has Changed the LNG Business”
Posted on Apr 20, 2010 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Analysts: “Shale Gas Has Changed the LNG Business”
Analysts with Tudor, Pickering, Holt released a report yesterday stating that “[s]hale gas has changed the LNG business,” and that previous forecasts of LNG volumes to be imported to the United States will likely prove to have been overly optimistic. Platts LNG Daily provides further information. [Subscription...