Local Environmental Group Halts Effort to Stop Gas Pipeline
Posted on Oct 15, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Litigation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Local Environmental Group Halts Effort to Stop Gas Pipeline
Friends of Rockwood Park, a New Brunswick environmental group, has withdrawn its lawsuit against the Canadian National Energy Board (NEB) and pipeline project developers Emera and Repsol following the Federal Court of Appeal’s refusal to overturn a decision that will allow Emera and Repsol to build a natural gas pipeline connecting the Canaport LNG import terminal with the...
PG&E Looking to LNG to Help Meet California Gas Demand
Posted on Oct 12, 2007 in Markets and Competition, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on PG&E Looking to LNG to Help Meet California Gas Demand
According to Platts LNG Daily [subscription required], Pacific Gas & Electric is entering into regional alliances to ensure future gas supply for California. Among those alliances, PG&E has positioned itself to receive gas from the planned Connector Gas Pipeline designed to deliver gas from the proposed Jordan Cove LNG terminal in Coos Bay,...
Developer Remains Optimistic on LNG Project in The Bahamas
Posted on Oct 10, 2007 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Developer Remains Optimistic on LNG Project in The Bahamas
Managing Director of AES Ocean LNG Aaron Samson told the Bahama Journal this week that his company remains interested and optimistic on an LNG regasification terminal proposed for Ocean Cay. The regasification terminal would connect to Florida via pipeline, granting access to a rapidly growing gas...
Irving Oil Objects to Emera Pipeline Route from Canaport LNG
Posted on Oct 5, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Irving Oil Objects to Emera Pipeline Route from Canaport LNG
Irving Oil, a co-owner of the Canaport LNG facility currently under construction in Saint Johns, New Brunswick, filed an objection with the Canadian National Energy Board regarding the proposed route of the Emera Brunswick Pipeline. Irving Oil stated that the proposed route could potentially interfere with its plans to develop a second oil refinery for the area. A spokesperson for...
Canadian NEB Seeks Public Comments on Gas Pipeline Proposal
Posted on Oct 4, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canadian NEB Seeks Public Comments on Gas Pipeline Proposal
Canada’s National Energy Board announced Wednesday its request for public comments on the scope of the environmental assessment to be prepared for the EasternAccess Pipeline Project, a gas line designed to transport regasified LNG from the proposed Gros Cacouna LNG import terminal to markets in Quebec, Ontario, and the United States. This announcement also extended the deadline...
FERC Approves North Baja Gas Pipeline Expansion
Posted on Oct 4, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Approves North Baja Gas Pipeline Expansion
FERC announced Tuesday that it has approved the expansion of North Baja Gas Pipeline, which was designed to allow the transportation of natural gas from the Energia Costa Azul LNG terminal in Mexico to gas consumers in California. The pipeline project has already received its final environmental approval from FERC. The approval is available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....