Canaport Terminal Boosts New Brunswick Economy
Posted on Jul 18, 2006 in Blog, Canada & Mexico, LNGLawBlog, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canaport Terminal Boosts New Brunswick Economy
A BMO Provincial Outlook Report issued yesterday says that investment in non-residential structures in New Brunswick may increase by 12.2% this year, compared to 2.7% in 2005, primarily as a result of construction of the $750-million Canaport LNG...
Coastal States Organization Launches LNG Work Group
Posted on Jul 18, 2006 in Blog, LNGLawBlog, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Coastal States Organization Launches LNG Work Group
The Coastal States Organization (CSO) is inviting member states to participate in its LNG Work Group, which will share information and explore policy positions on LNG issues. The Work Group is open only to CSO member states and not to other organizations or individuals. CSO represents the thirty-five coastal states along the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico,...
CLNG and USEA Host Briefing on DOE LNG Forums
Posted on Jul 17, 2006 in Federal Regulation, LNGLawBlog, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on CLNG and USEA Host Briefing on DOE LNG Forums
The Center for LNG and the US Energy Association today hosted a briefing in Washington, DC, for the Department of Energy to present its views from the three regional LNG forums held in Boston, Astoria, OR, and Los Angeles. Jim Slutz from DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy expressed appreciation to Congress for having the foresight to include the forums mandate in the Energy Policy Act...
Repsol to Enter Downstream Operations Through Canaport LNG Terminal
Posted on Jul 12, 2006 in Blog, Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, LNGLawBlog, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Repsol to Enter Downstream Operations Through Canaport LNG Terminal
World Gas Intelligence reports on Repsol’s plans to participate in all facets of the LNG value chain. While the Spanish energy company initially focused its LNG business on the upstream supply and liquefaction side, it is developing its regasification presence through the Canaport LNG terminal in New Brunswick, Canada. Phil Ribbeck, Repsol’s director of North American...
EPA Issues LNG Regulatory Guidelines
Posted on Jul 12, 2006 in Blog, Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNGLawBlog, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on EPA Issues LNG Regulatory Guidelines
The Environmental Protection Agency today released the “Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Regulatory Roadmap,” a set of guidelines designed to enhance regulatory compliance and to inform project developers of their environmental obligations regarding the construction and operation of LNG terminals. The guidelines also are “designed…to assist the Agency in meeting its...
Small and Medium-Scale LNG Projects Increase as Costs Rise
Posted on Jun 19, 2006 in Blog, Financing, Liquefaction, LNGLawBlog, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Small and Medium-Scale LNG Projects Increase as Costs Rise
Zeus Development Corporation president Bob Nimocks details the results of the energy analyst’s survey of world LNG projects in this report from Market Wire on June 16. According to Nimocks, the survey finds that rising engineering, construction, and raw material costs, as well as labor shortages, are causing firms to explore smaller-scale projects in smaller gas...