Expert: Despite Rise in LNG Imports, Alaska Gas Pipeline Remains Viable
Posted on Sep 7, 2007 in Markets and Competition, Pipelines | Comments Off on Expert: Despite Rise in LNG Imports, Alaska Gas Pipeline Remains Viable
Economist Mark Finley told the Anchorage Daily News that despite the numerous LNG import terminals under development in North America, a gas pipeline linking untapped gas fields in northern Alaska remains economically viable. Finley said that Alaskan gas supplies face competition from an increasingly-global LNG market as well as coal and alternative energy...
Sempra Energy Moves Forward on North American LNG Projects
Posted on Sep 6, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Sempra Energy Moves Forward on North American LNG Projects
Forbes offers an analysis of Sempra Energy’s rapid rise in the North American LNG market, noting that the company has received regulatory approval to build three terminals in North America. The first terminal to be completed, Costa Azul LNG off the coast of Baja California will deliver approximately 500 MMcf/d of natural gas to the California market via the North Baja gas...
Jordan Cove Energy Files LNG Terminal Application with FERC
Posted on Sep 5, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Jordan Cove Energy Files LNG Terminal Application with FERC
Jordan Cove Energy Project L.P. issued a press release (carried via CNNMoney.com) yesterday announcing that it has filed its LNG terminal application with FERC following a sixteen-month pre-filing process. The Jordan Cove LNG project, proposed for Coos Bay, Ore., will offer 6.4 Bcf of storage and a regasification send-out capacity of 1 Bcf/d. Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline L.P. also...
Op-Ed: Gas Pipeline Projects May Alleviate Need for California LNG Terminals
Posted on Sep 4, 2007 in Markets and Competition, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Gas Pipeline Projects May Alleviate Need for California LNG Terminals
Examining the recent approval of the North Baja gas pipeline by California’s State Lands Commission, an op-ed in the Record-Gazette (Banning, Calif.) suggests that the Commission’s decision likely has eliminated the need for any LNG terminals to be built along the California...
Public Information Session Held on Pipeline in Oregon
Posted on Aug 24, 2007 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Public Information Session Held on Pipeline in Oregon
The McMinnville News-Register (Ore.) reports that representatives from the Palomar gas line project hosted a public information session to explain the proposal to, and receive public input from, local residents. A Palomar representative said that even if NorthernStar Natural Gas’ proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal is not approved, the Palomar line’s eastern portion...
Calif. Lieutenant Governor: State Will Not Need Its Own LNG Import Terminal
Posted on Aug 22, 2007 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Calif. Lieutenant Governor: State Will Not Need Its Own LNG Import Terminal
California’s Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi (D) said in an interview that he does not believe that California will need to build its own LNG import terminal following approval of the North Baja gas pipeline connecting the California market to the Costa Azul LNG regasification terminal in Mexico. Lt. Gov. Garamendi went on to say that if California consumers demand further...