Gulf LNG Energy Receives Tax Exemption
Posted on Dec 10, 2012 in State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Gulf LNG Energy Receives Tax Exemption
Jackson County, Miss. supervisors unanimously approved a 10-year tax exemption for Gulf LNG Energy of nearly $828.5 million in true property value. Read more in the Gulflive article.
Local Fishing Industry Group Supports Oregon LNG Project
Posted on Dec 4, 2012 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Fishing Industry Group Supports Oregon LNG Project
The Lower Columbia Alliance for Sustainable Fisheries filed a letter at FERC in support of Oregon LNG’s proposed bi-directional LNG terminal to be located at Warrenton, Ore., and the related pipeline. The group, consisting of mostly commercial, charter boat, and sport fishing families and businesses in the Lower Columbia that cater to the fishing industry, supports the project as...
Cook Inlet Producer Agrees Not to Export LNG Until Local Needs Are Met
Posted on Nov 19, 2012 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Cook Inlet Producer Agrees Not to Export LNG Until Local Needs Are Met
The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports that Hilcorp Energy has agreed not to sell gas into the LNG export market until Cook Inlet, Alaska’s utility needs are met. Hilcorp also agreed to cap the price of gas sold to local utilities and industrial consumers to address regulators’ concerns with Hilcorp’s pending acquisition of Marathon Oil Company’s Alaska...
BG Group’s Prince Rupert LNG Terminal Still Many Years Away
Posted on Nov 15, 2012 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on BG Group’s Prince Rupert LNG Terminal Still Many Years Away
BG Group representatives recently told local officials that they do not expect a final investment decision on their proposed LNG terminal on Ridley Island, British Columbia until sometime in 2013. The first LNG exports are not expected to begin until late 2019 or early 2020 after completing an environmental assessment and a four year construction schedule. Read more in The Northern...
Oregon Court Affirms County’s Authority to Revoke Land Use Permit for Oregon LNG Terminal Feeder Pipeline
Posted on Oct 25, 2012 in Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon Court Affirms County’s Authority to Revoke Land Use Permit for Oregon LNG Terminal Feeder Pipeline
Oregon Live reports that the Oregon Court of Appeals issued an opinion affirming a lower court’s ruling that the court had no jurisdiction over the Clatsop County, Ore. Board of Commissioners’ decision to withdraw a land use approval, which permitted a natural gas pipeline to traverse the county to serve a proposed Oregon LNG terminal. In March 2011, the newly elected...
Senator Murkowski Meets with North Slope Producers on LNG Terminal Plans
Posted on Oct 25, 2012 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Senator Murkowski Meets with North Slope Producers on LNG Terminal Plans
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) met this week with senior executives from BP America, BP Exploration Alaska, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil Production Company to discuss their plans on developing Alaska’s North Slope gas supplies and exporting those supplies as LNG to Asian nations. Murkowski stated that North Slope gas supplies must be priced competitively and that the window of...