Winner of California’s Lieutenant Governor Race to Have Significant Role in LNG Development
Posted on Jun 8, 2010 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Winner of California’s Lieutenant Governor Race to Have Significant Role in LNG Development
According to the a story in the Contra Costa Times, the California lieutenant governor’s race amounts to a race for a seat on the California State Lands Commission, a body that must approve any port facility on or off California’s coasts. The story identifies the seat on the commission as a significant responsibility of the lieutenant governor and notes that the commission has...
ExxonMobil Executive: Golden Pass LNG Terminal On Track for Q3 Start-Up
Posted on Jun 8, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on ExxonMobil Executive: Golden Pass LNG Terminal On Track for Q3 Start-Up
Senior Vice President Andrew Swiger of ExxonMobil said this week that the Golden Pass LNG import facility is on pace to begin operations in August or September of this year. Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] offers additional...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Jun 8, 2010 in Financing, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Spain’s Gas Natural and Iran’s National Oil Co. Announce LNG Proposal for Croatian Coast (Croatian Times) Shell May Assume Iride’s Offtake Position at OLT LNG (Project Finance Magazine) [Subscription...
R.I. Senate Task Force Recommends Opposition to Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on Jun 7, 2010 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on R.I. Senate Task Force Recommends Opposition to Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
In a report released last week, a task force instituted by the Rhode Island Senate recommended that the state oppose the Weaver’s Cove LNG import facility and urged FERC to deny the project developer’s application to construct the facility. The Providence Journal offers further...
Louisiana Senator Expresses Support for Cheniere’s LNG Export Proposal
Posted on Jun 7, 2010 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Louisiana Senator Expresses Support for Cheniere’s LNG Export Proposal
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.) issued a statement last week expressing her support for Cheniere Energy’s proposal to liquefy domestic natural gas and export it as LNG from the Sabine Pass LNG facility. Senator Landrieu noted that the Haynesville Shale play, located in northwest Louisiana, could provide significant natural gas supplies to “allow the U.S. to become a major...