Calais LNG Seeks Additional Delay
Posted on Nov 29, 2010 in Financing, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Calais LNG Seeks Additional Delay
Responding to a request for information, Calais LNG has requested an additional extension from the Maine Board of Environmental Protection for the processing of its LNG terminal permit. According to MPBN.net, Calais LNG states that it has no intention of withdrawing its application and that it is transitioning majority ownership of the project to a new financial...
Weaver’s Cove Files for Rehearing on Wedge Lot Issue
Posted on Nov 23, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove Files for Rehearing on Wedge Lot Issue
Weaver’s Cove LNG submitted a Request for Rehearing addressing FERC’s recent findings that project developers have not satisfied thermal exclusion zones required for the project. Weaver’s Cove LNG argues that FERC erred by concluding that the Commission could not determine the true owner of the so-called “Wedge Lot” parcel of property that has prevented...
U.S. Parks Service Calls EIS for Weaver’s Cove LNG Project “Out of Date”
Posted on Nov 23, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on U.S. Parks Service Calls EIS for Weaver’s Cove LNG Project “Out of Date”
Earlier this month the U.S. Parks Service submitted comments to FERC outlining a number of environmental concerns with the planned Weaver’s Cove LNG import project. The filing states that the Environmental Impact Statement prepared for the project in 2005 is “fundamentally out of date,” noting that “critical factors were not evaluated in that document and that...
Freeport LNG Plans to Add Liquefaction Capacity
Posted on Nov 23, 2010 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Freeport LNG Plans to Add Liquefaction Capacity
Freeport LNG and Australian bank Macquarie have announced that they will partner to install natural gas liquefaction capacity totaling 1.4 Bcf/d at the Freeport LNG terminal site. Freeport LNG Chairman and CEO cited the expansion of U.S. natural gas reserves from shale gas plays. According to the Houston Chronicle, the project will cost approximately $2 billion and should be complete...
First Nation Approves Lease for Kitimat LNG Site
Posted on Nov 23, 2010 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction | Comments Off on First Nation Approves Lease for Kitimat LNG Site
Members of the Haisla Nation voted in favor of a 49-year lease for the planned site of the Kitimat LNG liquefaction facility. CJFW.ca provides additional coverage.