Duke CEO: Utilities Should Remain Cautious on Natural Gas
Posted on May 23, 2011 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Duke CEO: Utilities Should Remain Cautious on Natural Gas
James Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy Corp., said last week that American utilities should not over-rely on natural gas with the expectation that shale gas plays will solve America’s energy supply challenges. Rogers told Bloomberg that “[i]f shale gas turns out to be a mirage,” the United States will have to import more LNG from the global market. Rogers suggested that...
DOE Conditionally Approves Cheniere’s LNG Export Application for Non-FTA Countries
Posted on May 23, 2011 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Conditionally Approves Cheniere’s LNG Export Application for Non-FTA Countries
Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy approved Cheniere Energy’s application to export U.S. domestic gas as LNG via the Sabine Pass LNG terminal to countries with which the United States does not already have a free trade agreement in place. DOE determined that “opponents of the application have not demonstrated that a conditional grant of the requested authorization for a term of...
Politician: Alaskan Intrastate Gas Pipeline Could Enable Re-Start of Kenai LNG Liquefaction Facility
Posted on May 20, 2011 in Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Politician: Alaskan Intrastate Gas Pipeline Could Enable Re-Start of Kenai LNG Liquefaction Facility
Platts reports that State Rep. Mike Chenault (R), speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives, said yesterday that construction of an Alaskan intrastate natural gas pipeline from the North Slope fields to southern Alaska could enable ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil to resume LNG exports from their Kenai LNG liquefaction facility. Kenai LNG operator ConocoPhillips has said that it...
Consultant Analyzes Route Options for Southeast LNG Truck Delivery Proposal
Posted on May 20, 2011 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Consultant Analyzes Route Options for Southeast LNG Truck Delivery Proposal
An emergency management consultant offered an analysis of the different LNG truck delivery route options that could be used by Southeast LNG to transport LNG imported at the Elba Island terminal to customers throughout the surrounding region. Read more in the Savannah Morning...
Savannah City Council to Receive Update on Southeast LNG Trucking Proposal
Posted on May 19, 2011 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Savannah City Council to Receive Update on Southeast LNG Trucking Proposal
At its meeting today, the Savannah City Council will receive an update on the proposal by Southeast LNG to deliver via truck LNG imported to the Elba Island LNG terminal to customers throughout the region. Read more in the Savannah Morning...