FERC Requests Additional Information from Downeast, Calais LNG Projects
Posted on Nov 18, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on FERC Requests Additional Information from Downeast, Calais LNG Projects
FERC requested additional information yesterday from Downeast LNG and Calais LNG addressing the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s recent guidance on flammable vapor-gas exclusion zones. The requests are available in FERC’s eLibrary under Docket Nos. CP07-52 and CP10-31...
Weaver’s Cove LNG Executive Responds to Critics
Posted on Nov 17, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove LNG Executive Responds to Critics
The Boston Herald reports on Weaver’s Cove Energy CEO Gordon Shearer’s response to the open letter sent by Save The Bay to Hess Corporation shareholders yesterday. In his response, Shearer calls project opponents “very...
MARAD Determines Liberty LNG Project Application Ready for Processing
Posted on Nov 17, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on MARAD Determines Liberty LNG Project Application Ready for Processing
MARAD announced in today’s Federal Register that it has determined that Liberty LNG’s application to construct and operate a deepwater port offshore New Jersey contains the information necessary to begin processing the application. The next step is for the agency to hold public hearings on the project within 240 days and render a decision on the application within 330...
FERC Authorizes Golden Pass LNG to Continue Cool Down Operations as Second Commissioning Cargo Arrives
Posted on Nov 17, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Authorizes Golden Pass LNG to Continue Cool Down Operations as Second Commissioning Cargo Arrives
Yesterday, FERC authorized Golden Pass LNG to continue cooling down its Phase 1 facilities. FERC’s letter order is available in the Commission’s eLibrary under Docket No. CP04-386. Separately, NATS [subscription required] reported yesterday that a second commissioning cargo, carried aboard the Q-Flex class vessel Al Oariq, has arrived at the Sabine Pass waterway en route...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Nov 17, 2010 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Northwest Europe Sucks Up LNG Surplus (ICIS Heren) [Subscription required] Regas Costs in Greece Could Increase in 2011 (ICIS Heren) [Subscription required] GDF Suez to Supply Turkey’s EgeGaz with Yemeni Cargos (ICIS Heren) [Subscription...