Japan Encourages U.S. Secretary of Energy to Approve LNG Export Applications
Posted on Sep 15, 2011 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Japan Encourages U.S. Secretary of Energy to Approve LNG Export Applications
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that Japanese officials who met with U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu this week encouraged the U.S. government to approve pending LNG export applications, expressing Japan’s desire to import LNG from the United States. A source with the Japanese government told Platts that Japan secured “certain understandings” from Secretary...
Chatham County Lobbyist Asserts No Conflict of Interest in Representation of El Paso Corp.
Posted on Sep 9, 2011 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Chatham County Lobbyist Asserts No Conflict of Interest in Representation of El Paso Corp.
The Savannah Morning News reports that Lee Hughes, a lobbyist for Chatham County, submitted an affidavit to Chatham County this week asserting that his work on behalf of El Paso Corp. does not constitute a conflict of interest with the county. In his submission, Hughes stated that Southeast LNG is no longer a client of his firm and that his future representation of El Paso, the owner...
Editorial Argues Oregon LNG Regasification Controversies Demonstrate National Trend Towards Politicizing Local Issues
Posted on Jul 20, 2011 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial Argues Oregon LNG Regasification Controversies Demonstrate National Trend Towards Politicizing Local Issues
An editorial published in the Daily Astorian argues that the controversy surrounding LNG regasification projects proposed in Oregon, particularly the Bradwood Landing LNG import project, demonstrate the trend of politicizing state and local issues. The piece suggests that the polarizing politics common at the national level of government are seeping into state and local...
Louisiana State Senators Offer Support for Lake Charles LNG Export Proposal
Posted on Jun 28, 2011 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Louisiana State Senators Offer Support for Lake Charles LNG Export Proposal
Nine state senators from Louisiana have submitted a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy in support of the proposed Lake Charles LNG export...
U.S. Diplomatic Cables Discuss AES Ocean Express LNG Proposal
Posted on Jun 27, 2011 in Pipelines, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on U.S. Diplomatic Cables Discuss AES Ocean Express LNG Proposal
The Nassau Guardian reports that several U.S. diplomatic cables obtained via Wikileaks discuss the failed Ocean Express LNG terminal and pipeline project proposed by AES Corp. According to the newspaper, the cables detail a series of negotiations between AES and the government of The...
Pickens Critical of Proposals to Export U.S. Natural Gas Overseas
Posted on Jun 13, 2011 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Pickens Critical of Proposals to Export U.S. Natural Gas Overseas
Speaking to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, famed oil investor and natural gas production supporter T. Boone Pickens said that “[i]t’s bad public policy to export natural gas – a cleaner, cheaper domestic resource – and import more expensive, dirtier OPEC oil.” The article goes on to cite other industry players and politicians’ concerns with U.S. LNG export...