Editorial: Legislation Needed to Prevent Re-Emergence of Cabrillo Port Project as LNG Export Facility
Posted on Feb 13, 2012 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: Legislation Needed to Prevent Re-Emergence of Cabrillo Port Project as LNG Export Facility
An editorial in the Ventura County Star opposes widespread exports of U.S. domestic natural gas as LNG and worries that the cancelled Cabrillo Port LNG project could be re-imagined as an LNG export facility. The piece encourages California’s legislature to act to limit LNG export projects built in the...
DOE Sets Comment Date for Latest Freeport LNG Export Application
Posted on Feb 13, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Sets Comment Date for Latest Freeport LNG Export Application
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has set April 13, 2012, as the final deadline for protests, motions to intervene, and written comments for Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P.’s LNG export application. Find further details in today’s Federal...
LNG Imports Could Lower Jamaican Oil Costs by $300 Million Annually
Posted on Feb 10, 2012 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on LNG Imports Could Lower Jamaican Oil Costs by $300 Million Annually
The CFO for Jamaica Public Service Company told The Gleaner that using LNG to fuel the company’s proposed 360-megawatt power project could lower the country’s oil import costs by $300 million per year. The power plant is scheduled to come online by...
FERC Schedules Annual Review of Cove Point LNG Facility
Posted on Feb 10, 2012 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Schedules Annual Review of Cove Point LNG Facility
FERC has scheduled its annual post-certification review of the Cove Point LNG regasification facility for April 10-12, 2012. FERC’s letter scheduling the review is available in the eLibrary under Docket No....
BG Seeking “First-Mover” Advantage in U.S. LNG Export Sector
Posted on Feb 10, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on BG Seeking “First-Mover” Advantage in U.S. LNG Export Sector
BG Group’s CEO Frank Chapman said yesterday that his company is hoping to secure significant benefits as a “first-mover” in the U.S. LNG export sector. According to Platts LNG Daily, Chapman suggested that U.S. LNG exports could reach 5.8 Bcf/d by 2020. [Subscription...