Opposition Confers on Strategy to Defeat Broadwater
Posted on Aug 22, 2006 in Blog, LNGLawBlog, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Opposition Confers on Strategy to Defeat Broadwater
Representatives from Connecticut’s congressional delegation as well as from the offices of several state legislators met on August 15, 2006, with Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Save the Sound to discuss Broadwater Energy’s plan to construct an LNG terminal in Long Island Sound. The meeting, held at the New Haven office of U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT),...
Crew With LNG Experience Still in Demand
Posted on Aug 21, 2006 in LNGLawBlog, Markets and Competition, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Crew With LNG Experience Still in Demand
Today’s Lloyd’s List reports that, according to Norwegian shipbroker Lorentzen & Stemoco, the global increase in LNG trade may require an additional 4,000 LNG vessel officers by 2010. “As shipowners attempt to lure officers away from their present employers, spiralling wages” could combine with other shortages to “hamper the growth in the LNG...
Editorial: California’s Energy Demands Can Be Met Without LNG
Posted on Aug 21, 2006 in LNGLawBlog, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: California’s Energy Demands Can Be Met Without LNG
The Antelope Valley Press adds to last week’s op-ed by Thomas D. Elias, asserting that a “federal effort is underway” to establish LNG terminals in California, and that there is “no need to build those expensive LNG ports when we have an abundance of gas available …. [T]he federal government should back off and stop spending money for something that...
Energy Is Major Issue for Next Mass. Governor
Posted on Aug 21, 2006 in LNGLawBlog, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Energy Is Major Issue for Next Mass. Governor
The Boston Globe yesterday highlighted the complex energy issues facing Massachusetts and the role of the next governor in solving the challenge of inadequate supply and high prices. Noting that the capacity of one LNG vessel is enough to heat 30,000 homes for a year, the article emphasizes the opposition to the four proposed LNG terminals in Mass. based on safety, environmental, and...
ExxonMobil Cancels Vista del Sol
Posted on Aug 21, 2006 in Federal Regulation, LNGLawBlog, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on ExxonMobil Cancels Vista del Sol
According to today’s Platts Oilgram News, ExxonMobil is discarding its FERC-approved Vista del Sol LNG terminal project, electing to focus instead on its share in the Golden Pass LNG terminal. Like Vista del Sol, Golden Pass is located in Texas and has secured FERC approval: “[W]e don’t need two locations in Texas,” said a company spokesman. Exxon may sell the...
North Bend Council Disapproves of Jordan Cove Pipeline; Coos Bay Council Reserves Judgment
Posted on Aug 21, 2006 in LNGLawBlog, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on North Bend Council Disapproves of Jordan Cove Pipeline; Coos Bay Council Reserves Judgment
The World reports that the North Bend City Council sent a one-sentence statement to FERC last week to express its opposition to the construction of the pipeline associated with the Jordan Cove LNG terminal. Meanwhile, the Coos Bay City Council remains undecided about the pipeline and has asked city staff to research the positions taken by North Bend and others, and to report its...