Statoil, BP, and IPAA Intervene and Protest Cove Point LNG’s Requested Tariff Revisions
Posted on Jun 10, 2011 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Statoil, BP, and IPAA Intervene and Protest Cove Point LNG’s Requested Tariff Revisions
Statoil Natural Gas LLC, BP Energy Company, and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) have filed requests to intervene in the rate proceeding examining Cove Point LNG’s actions to revise its tariff provisions. All three pending intervenors expressed criticism of the proposed tariff revisions that would encourage LNG shippers at the Cove Point terminal to import...
Industry Analysts Say Kitimat and Freeport LNG Export Projects Well-Positioned
Posted on Jun 10, 2011 in Canada & Mexico, Financing, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Industry Analysts Say Kitimat and Freeport LNG Export Projects Well-Positioned
North American natural gas industry analysts told Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] that they do not believe that more than three or four North American LNG export projects will be completed, citing financing challenges, market conditions, and competition from other global players like Australia. Several analysts noted that the Kitimat and Freeport LNG export projects currently...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Jun 10, 2011 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
GATE LNG to Get First Cargo from Trinidad & Tobago (Platts LNG Daily) [subscription required]
DOE Sets Public Comment Deadline in Freeport LNG Export Proceeding
Posted on Jun 10, 2011 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Sets Public Comment Deadline in Freeport LNG Export Proceeding
The U.S. Department of Energy has set a deadline of July 11, 2011, for public comments in the Freeport LNG export proceeding. The Federal Register provides additional details.
Panelists Say U.S. Northeast Gas Market Has Room for Both Shale and LNG
Posted on Jun 9, 2011 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Panelists Say U.S. Northeast Gas Market Has Room for Both Shale and LNG
Representatives from Repsol and GDF Suez told an energy forum in Boston yesterday that they expect that both imported LNG and domestic gas supplies from the Marcellus shale gas play will have a place in the northeastern U.S. natural gas market. They predict that gas pipeline constraints limiting distribution of shale gas will keep LNG imported via the Canaport and Everett terminals in...