Environmental Organizations Criticize “Open-Loop” System
Posted on Jan 30, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Environmental Organizations Criticize “Open-Loop” System
Environmental groups again have raised objections to Shell’s proposed Gulf Landing terminal in which an “open-loop” system takes warm water from the Gulf of Mexico, reheats LNG to its gaseous state and then returns the cold water to the Gulf. Activists say this method threatens marine life by sucking in small organisms and returning the frigid water to the Gulf. Read more in The Advocate.