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Calypso U.S. Pipeline Surrenders Presidential Permit for Project Associated with LNG Import Plan

Calypso U.S. Pipeline, LLC informed FERC this week that it has decided to abandon a proposed project to import LNG to a regasification facility located in the Bahamas and transport the regasified natural gas to Florida via pipeline. In its letter to FERC, available in the Commission’s eLibrary under Docket No. CP01-409, Calypso stated that it is surrendering its authorization to...

BP Submits Comments Following Technical Conference on Proposed Cove Point LNG Tariff Revisions

Yesterday, BP Energy Company supplemented its initial comments following a technical conference that addressed proposed changes to the Cove Point LNG import terminal tariff. In its comments, BP objects to the proposed tariff changes on the basis that they “threaten to degrade the quality of firm services presently provided by [Dominion] Cove Point [LNG, LP] without...

PHMSA Issues Draft Decision Approving FLACS Vapor Dispersion Model

Yesterday, the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a Draft Decision approving use of the FLACS vapor gas dispersion model to determine exclusion zones around LNG facilities. PHMSA will accept public comments on its Draft Decision for 30...

European LNG Headlines

U.K. Shipping Industry Eyes Using LNG to Cut Emissions (Platts LNG Daily)

Alaska Official: State Not Responsible for Marketing North Slope Gas to Potential LNG Customers

Commissioner Dan Sullivan of Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources told the Alaska Dispatch yesterday that he views marketing the state’s natural gas to potential overseas buyers of LNG as the responsibility of major North Slope companies, not the state. Sullivan noted, however, that state officials have had discussions with Japan’s Mitsubishi regarding the...

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