Calais LNG Announces Open Season for Natural Gas Pipeline Capacity
Posted on May 19, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Pipelines | Comments Off on Calais LNG Announces Open Season for Natural Gas Pipeline Capacity
On May 15, Calais LNG announced a binding open season for 1 Bcf/d of firm transportation service on the planned pipeline that will connect the Calais LNG import terminal to the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline system. The open season will begin on May 22 and end on June 12, 2009. Reuters provides additional...
FERC Formally Notifies State, Defense of Maritimes & Northeast’s Request to Export
Posted on May 13, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines | Comments Off on FERC Formally Notifies State, Defense of Maritimes & Northeast’s Request to Export
Yesterday FERC formally notified Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates that Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, LLC has requested a change to its existing Presidential Permit that authorizes it to import natural gas from Canada. Maritimes & Northeast, which will transport gas imported via the Canaport LNG terminal in St. John, New Brunswick to the...
TransCanada to Build Pipeline Associated with Manzanillo LNG
Posted on May 8, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on TransCanada to Build Pipeline Associated with Manzanillo LNG
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that TransCanada was successful in its bid to build, own, and operate the 193-mile Guadalajara Pipeline that will transport gas imported to the Manzanillo LNG terminal to the city of...
FERC Endorses Settlement in M&NE Pipeline Gas Quality Proceeding
Posted on Apr 27, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Gas Composition, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Endorses Settlement in M&NE Pipeline Gas Quality Proceeding
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that FERC has endorsed a settlement agreement in the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline gas quality and interchangeability proceeding. The settlement addresses concerns regarding the changing composition of natural gas in New England as a result of anticipated flows of regasified LNG from the soon-to-be operational Canaport LNG import...
Operations Resume at Excelerate’s Northeast Gateway LNG Deepwater Port
Posted on Apr 22, 2009 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Operations Resume at Excelerate’s Northeast Gateway LNG Deepwater Port
Citing analysts with Pan Eurasian Enterprises, Reuters reports that Excelerate Energy will begin delivery of an LNG cargo to the Northeast Gateway LNG deepwater port this week. Excelerate’s delivery follows a three-month shutdown of the deepwater port due to an ice blockage in Algonquin Gas Transmission’s Hubline gas...
British Columbian First Nation Expresses Concern with Proposed LNG Vessel Traffic
Posted on Apr 20, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Pipelines | Comments Off on British Columbian First Nation Expresses Concern with Proposed LNG Vessel Traffic
A First Nation, the Git’gat band of Hartley Bay in British Columbia, has expressed concern with a recent agreement between a natural gas pipeline developer, the provincial government, and two of the other First Nations regarding the Pacific Trail Pipeline. A leader for the Git’gat band told the Canadian Press (carried via Lexis Nexis [subscription required]) that the...