Northwest Environmental Groups Appeal Coast Guard LOR on Columbia River LNG Traffic
Posted on Oct 23, 2012 in Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Northwest Environmental Groups Appeal Coast Guard LOR on Columbia River LNG Traffic
Columbia Riverkeeper, Columbia-Pacific Commonsense, and Wahkiakum Friends of the River filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenging the U.S. Coast Guard’s Letter of Recommendation (LOR) and Letter of Recommendation Analysis on the suitability of the Columbia River for LNG marine traffic as it relates to safety and security. The LOR was in...
Environmental Groups File Protests on Hawaiian LNG Import Proposal
Posted on Oct 22, 2012 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Environmental Groups File Protests on Hawaiian LNG Import Proposal
Sierra Club filed a protest on The Gas Company’s FERC application to import into Hawaii LNG produced in the continental United States. Sierra Club opposes Gas Company’s request that FERC review only the first phase of the project and requests that FERC prepare an environmental impact statement on all phases of the proposal. Sierra Club’s protest also raises other...
Murkowski Calls for Financial Ground Rules for Alaskan LNG Project
Posted on Oct 5, 2012 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Murkowski Calls for Financial Ground Rules for Alaskan LNG Project
Responding to the Alaskan North Slope Pipeline/LNG Terminal project update provided recently to Alaska Governor Sean Parnell, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski said, “Given the size and scope of this project, it’s vital that state leaders hammer out an agreement on the financial ground rules that will govern gas sales in the future.” Read more in Senator Murkowski’s press...
North Slope Pipeline and LNG Export Terminal Project Could Cost Over $65 Billion
Posted on Oct 4, 2012 in LNG Exports, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on North Slope Pipeline and LNG Export Terminal Project Could Cost Over $65 Billion
In a letter to Alaska Governor Sean Parnell, ExxonMobil Production Company, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc., BP Exploration Alaska and TransCanada Corp. projected that it could cost over $65 billion and take ten years to construct a pipeline and LNG terminal facilities to carry natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope to a proposed LNG export terminal on Alaska’s southcentral...
Alaska Governor Looks to Asian Markets for Alaskan LNG Supplies
Posted on Sep 27, 2012 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Alaska Governor Looks to Asian Markets for Alaskan LNG Supplies
Alaska Governor Sean Parnell is conducting an economic trade mission with energy officials in Japan and South Korea to promote Alaskan LNG supplies. Read more in the Governor’s press release. A related article in the Alaska Dispatch discusses Japanese consortium Resources Energy Inc.’s efforts to secure Alaskan...
TransCanada Market Solicitation Receives Positive Responses
Posted on Sep 24, 2012 in LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on TransCanada Market Solicitation Receives Positive Responses
TransCanada has received expressions of interest from various players in response to its recent solicitation of market interest for two proposed options to access Alaskan North slope gas supplies. The first option is a pipeline that would run from the North Slope into Canada and serve North America markets. The second option is a pipeline that would lead to a liquefied...