N.J. State Officials Request Federal Rejection of Proposed Port Ambrose LNG Terminal
Posted on Jan 7, 2015 in Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on N.J. State Officials Request Federal Rejection of Proposed Port Ambrose LNG Terminal
New Jersey Ninth District Senator Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove have sent a letter to the U.S. Maritime Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard and FERC expressing their opposition to and urging rejection of Liberty Natural Gas Company’s (Liberty) application for the proposed Port Ambrose LNG deepwater port located offshore of New...
Oregon Court of Appeals Sends Oregon LNG Pipeline Permit Case Back to Land Use Board
Posted on Dec 18, 2014 in LNG Exports, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon Court of Appeals Sends Oregon LNG Pipeline Permit Case Back to Land Use Board
Yesterday, the Oregon Court of Appeals issued an opinion ruling that the state Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) improperly found that a Clatsop County Commissioner displayed disqualifying bias when he voted in favor of withdrawing the County’s approval of a land use permit for a pipeline to serve the proposed Oregon LNG terminal. The opinion remands the case back to LUBA to consider...
Alaska Commits More Funds to Port MacKenzie LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Dec 18, 2014 in Financing, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Alaska Commits More Funds to Port MacKenzie LNG Export Terminal
The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports that the Alaska Industrial Development Authority has agreed to increase from $240,000 to $440,000 its share of expenditures for feasibility studies for a proposed 1 to 1.5 million tons-per-year LNG export terminal being developed by Resources Energy Inc. (REI) at Port MacKenzie, near Anchorage. REI is a consortium of Japanese...
Petronas’s Pacific NorthWest LNG Signs Tax Agreement with the District of Port Edward
Posted on Dec 17, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Petronas’s Pacific NorthWest LNG Signs Tax Agreement with the District of Port Edward
Pacific NorthWest LNG and the District of Port Edward, British Columbia, announced today that they have agreed to a 25 year agreement-in-principle in support of infrastructure and services totaling approximately $150 million related to a proposed LNG export terminal on Lelu Island. The agreement is subject to Pacific NorthWest LNG proceeding to construction of the terminal and will be...
Oregon Again Delays Coastal Zone Management Act Consistency Review for Another 90 Days
Posted on Sep 26, 2014 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon Again Delays Coastal Zone Management Act Consistency Review for Another 90 Days
The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) and Oregon LNG have entered into an agreement for a further stay until January 28, 2015, of DLCD’s decision under the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) on whether Oregon LNG’s proposed LNG import and export terminal is consistent with Oregon’s Coastal Management Plan. The agreement states that additional stays of CZMA...
LNG Export Terminal Possible for Galveston
Posted on Sep 24, 2014 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on LNG Export Terminal Possible for Galveston
Petro Global News reports that officials from the Port of Galveston, Texas agreed Monday to reserve 185 acres at the port’s Pelican Island site for a proposed $6 billion LNG export facility being planned by Texas-based NextDecade Energy (“NextDecade”). According to the report, NextDecade will pay $100,000 to hold the site for the next six months, subject to extension, while the company...