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BEP: LNG firm can't withdraw application — Bangor Daily News, Bangor, ME
Ronald Kreisman, an attorney representing the group Save Passamaquoddy Bay, accused Downeast LNG officials of attempting a legal "high-wire, tightrope walk" to invalidate a public record that does not lean in their favor. Kreisman said that rather than allowing a withdrawal, the board should continue with the review of the larger project but leave the public record open on the pipeline route. Additional public hearings then could be held on the pipeline issue alone, he said.
"The big, unstated thing going on here is they want to withdraw the application as a springboard for creating a new record," Kreisman said. "For my clients, who played by the rules, this feels very disingenuous."
Downeast LNG decision possibly on hold — Energy Current, Houston, TX
USA: Maine's Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) rejected for a second time on Oct. 25 Downeast LNG's request to withdraw from the state permitting process its application for the Downeast liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, proposed for construction in Robbinston, Maine. The 5-3 vote could allow the board to delay consideration of the project until next summer, allowing it to take in information on alternative pipeline routes, the Associated Press reports.
Film about proposed LNG site to be screened Saturday — Courier Weekend, St. Stephen, NB
EASTPORT — The film "Incident at Pulpit Rock," which honours the beauty and magic of Mill Cove, the proposed site for an LNG terminal, will be shown at the Eastport Arts Centre Saturday starting at [7PM ET / 8PM AT].
State charts green plans for harbor islands — The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
The vision of the harbor as a haven for clean energy is benefiting from the availability of $5.3 million in funding being put up by Excelerate Energy LLC to offset the environmental impact of the offshore facility the Texas company is building, where tankers will unload liquefied natural gas into a pipeline on the harbor floor. A second offshore LNG facility developer, Suez Energy North America, is also promising $5.3 million once it begins construction in 2009 or later.
City plans to keep the pressure on Hess — The Herald News, Fall River, MA
“The intention is to go at this with the same perspective and aggressiveness that we always have until this project goes away,” Lambert said.
McGuire said the city has spent approximately $1.5 million over the past 4+ years, not including contributions from other towns to battle project.
Coast Guard rejects LNG plan — Providence Journal, Providence, RI
FALMOUTH, Mass. — The U.S. Coast Guard concluded yesterday that it would be too risky to allow liquefied natural gas tankers to travel through Mount Hope Bay and the Taunton River to a proposed LNG terminal in Fall River, a decision that might present an insurmountable roadblock for the project developers.
In an interview, Nash said there are several levels of appeal within the Coast Guard that Weaver’s Cove could pursue. First, the company must appeal to Nash directly, within 30 days. If Nash chooses not to reverse his decision, he would forward the appeal up the chain of command, to the First Coast Guard District in Boston. The final appeal within the agency lies with the Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, D.C., he said.
Lawmakers, who have almost unanimously opposed both projects, hailed the decision. (Oct 25)
Coast Guard to Hess LNG: NO WAY — The Herald News, Fall River, MA
“As a practical matter, this project is now dead,” city Corporation Counsel Thomas F. McGuire Jr. said at a hastily called press conference Mayor Edward M. Lambert Jr. held within hours of the Coast Guard’s noon announcement.
“This is actually an ending to something that never should have begun. I’m glad to see the Coast Guard reached a decision that reflects common sense,” said state Rep. David Sullivan.
[Mayor Ed Lambert] said it showed “the arrogance” of a big corporation believing it was a done deal the city could not win. (Oct 24)
Natural gas terminal near Quebec City approved — The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON
Opponents, including environmental and community groups, are organizing a protest march for Sunday at the National Assembly and will take legal action in an attempt to force the government to reverse its decision.
[T]he province's farmland protection agency recently said [the project] would cause irreparable damage to some of Canada's best soil for agriculture. The agency estimated that the project would engulf about 500 hectares of rich farmland and forest
Last June, the government approved a bid by Petro-Canada and Trans-Canada Corp. to build the province's first LNG terminal on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Gros-Cacouna, 250 kilometres east of Quebec City. However, that project will be delayed to 2012. (Oct 25)
Westpac LNG welcomes input [Opinion] — The Powell River Peak, Powell River, BC
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is not explosive, as it is not held under pressure, nor is it flammable in its liquid form. (Oct 25)
Webmaster's Comments: Here we go, again! A new LNG proposal, with the developer assuring the public that LNG isn't explosive or flammable.
Technically, LNG — liquefied natural gas — isn't explosive or flammable. Technically, neither is liquid gasoline; but, the public recognizes the hazards of having gasoline around because they're familiar with its properties. How comfortable are you with having an open can of gasoline around? Unfamiliarity with LNG, along with LNG industry false assurances can bring the public a false sense of security.
The public knows that gasoline needs only to be exposed to the air to become less benign. The same is true with LNG. But, FERC and the LNG industry like to tell the public that LNG vapors only ignite when the gas-to-air mixture is between 5–15% (a 10% flammability range), as though that's a narrow margin and an unlikely event. What they don't say is that gasoline has an even narrower gas-to-air flammability — 1.4 to 7.6% (a 6.2% flammability range). Also, like gasoline, as LNG becomes vaporized, the perimeter of the vapor cloud contains the correct air-gas mixture for flammability, until the gas disperses sufficiently.
LNG vapors can explode in the following circumstances:
- When confined and in the presence of air, such as in a culvert, in a building, or in a boat's hull, etc., and when in the presence of a flame or high heat;
- When a confined vapor explosion occurs (as above), and transits rapidly into an unconfined LNG vapor cloud. (Source: 1978 US Coast Guard tests conducted at China Lake, referred to in the 2004 Sandia National Laboratories Report to FERC.)
BP PLC to pay $373 million in settlement — Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
Oil giant BP PLC agreed to pay $373 million in fines and admit to criminal wrongdoing in a sweeping settlement of charges at clearing the aftermath from a fatal Texas explosion, an oil spill in Alaska and illegal propane trading engineered from Chicago.
Despite the settlement, the U.S. Justice Department continues to investigate alleged wrongdoing, and secured BP's commitment to cooperate in the investigations. (Oct 25)
Commission approves two settlements for $7.3 Million; civil penalties resolve capacity release, shipper-must-have-title violations [News release] — Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington, DC
BP will pay a civil penalty of $7 million and implement a compliance monitoring plan to resolve multiple self-reported violations of regulations for posting and bidding of released capacity, the shipper-must-have-title requirement, and the prohibition on buy-sell transactions. The violations involved thousands of individual transactions in 2005 and 2006 stemming from BP’s management of customers’ capacity rights on interstate natural gas pipeline and storage facilities.
The most serious of BP’s violations involves a practice known as “flipping,” which evidences a deliberate strategy for evading FERC regulations that require posting and competitive bidding for discounted long-term releases of capacity. [Bold red emphasis added.] (Oct 25)
Webmaster's Comments: BP (British Petroleum, aka Beyond Petroleum) has once again demonstrated contempt for the law. This is the same company that is responsible for 15 deaths and over 100 injuries in the 2004 March 24 Texas City, Texas, oil refinery explosion, resulting in a fine for lacking a corporate safety culture.
BP, alarmingly, is also in the LNG business — a supplier to the Cove Point, Maryland, LNG terminal, the "darling" of Downeast LNG principals Dean Girdis and Rob Wyatt. BP is also the developer of the Crown Landing LNG terminal in New Jersey.
Disturbed by BP's participation in the LNG industry, when asked by Save Passamaquoddy Bay, FERC replied that they would allow Adolf Hitler, Charles Manson, and Idi Amin to build and operate an LNG terminal.
Just as disturbing: FERC is the US Government's LNG "safety" regulatory agency.
Read the FERC order (PDF, 108 KB) containing the details of this latest list of BP infractions.
US working gas in storage rises 68 Bcf to 3.443 Tcf: EIA — Platts
Inventories are now 87 Bcf above the five-year average of 1.883 Tcf in the East, 28 Bcf above the average of 425 Bcf in the West, and 116 Bcf above the average of 904 Bcf in the producing region. (Oct 25)
Rising heating costs indicate LNG need — Energy Current, Houston, TX
USA: The Center for Liquefied Natural Gas (CLNG) said more liquefied natural gas (LNG) is needed due to the anticipated rise in home heating bills this winter. (Oct 24)
Webmaster's Comments: And yet, other reports seem to indicate that the volatile international LNG market will simply result in higher domestic natural gas prices. See the July 23 story in Platts, "Japan's LNG import price to keep rising towards 2030: IEEJ," below.
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Dredging set to begin to clear way for LNG tankers — The Mississippi Press, Pascagoula, MS
"This site affords access to four major gas pipelines serving the Northeast and three gas pipelines serving Florida and the Southeast," reads the company's Web site. "Another major advantage of the site is the ability to provide underground gas storage capacity to the area."
The plant is the first of two LNG plants planned for the area. Chevron is also planning an LNG plant, which will be located next to the refinery. [Red emphasis added.]
Webmaster's Comments: More mooting of the Downeast LNG and Quoddy Bay LNG projects.
FERC authorizes transfer of Sabine Pass pipeline — LNG Law Blog, Washington, DC
Late last week FERC granted a request by Cheniere Sabine Pass Pipeline, L.P., to abandon the 16-mile, 42-inch diameter pipeline connects to Cheniere's Sabine Pass LNG import terminal, which is currently under construction. Simultaneously, FERC authorized Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, L.P., to acquire the abandoned pipeline facilities.
Astoria leader blasts LNG secrecy — The Daily Astorian, Astoria, OR
Astoria City Manager Paul Benoit, speaking on behalf of Astoria Mayor Willis Van Dusen and the Astoria City Council, voiced concerns about "secrecy" in the public safety planning process and the potential for federal rules to "trump" the county's decision. Astoria Fire Marshal Mike Jackson echoed Benoit's statements.
Benoit said review of the Bradwood project as a whole has been "extremely difficult" because the public safety analysis has been kept confidential, leaving many elected officials in the dark.
Bradwood and its foes debate LNG in Astoria — The Daily News, Longview, WA
Paul Benoit, Astoria's City Manager, said officials knew too little about the risks the terminal would pose in the case of a landslide, earthquake, tsunami or large fire. He said many officials haven't been allowed to see contingency plans for the facility. Those who have, he said, have been required to keep quiet about them.
"The secrecy that has surrounded this project makes the siting of an LNG terminal very different from industrial projects sited in the past," he said.
Advocacy group to fight LNG project — Energy Current, Houston, TX
USA: Advocacy group Santa Barbara Channelkeeper hired the Environmental Defense Center, a public interest law firm, to work on its behalf in the ongoing state and federal review of NorthernStar Natural Gas' proposed Clearwater Port liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, slated for construction offshore Ventura County, Calif, the Ventura County Star reports.
NATS: U.S. gas prices lag as LNG cargos find European destinations — LNG Law Blog, Washington, DC
As oil prices continue to rise, so too will gas prices.
BP Trinidad nears launch of Mango Gas Field — LNG Law Blog, Washington, DC
BP Trinidad is close to commencing operations of the Mango gas field off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago. Once all the associated pipeline infrastructure is completed, the field will produce gas for both domestic purposes and exports from the Atlantic LNG liquefaction plant.
Japan's LNG import price to keep rising towards 2030: IEEJ — Platts [Registration required]
Japan's import price for LNG is forecast to keep rising through to 2030 on the back of high crude oil prices coupled with the trend for introducing price formulas for new contracts and contract renewals, an analyst at the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan said Monday.
Japan is the world's largest LNG consumer, importing some 62 million mt in 2006, according to data from the Ministry of Finance. (Oct 22)
Webmaster's Comments: Japan is the world's largest LNG customer. Japan will pay increasingly more for its LNG, competing with the US for its supply. But, according to the US LNG industry, importing LNG into the USA will decrease the cost of natural gas. How can importing LNG into the US cause natural gas prices to become lower, when the US is competing with a country that's willing to pay more for LNG than the US?
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Coast Guard chief wants more safety regulations — Portland Press Herald, Portland, ME
The Coast Guard plays an important role in the location of liquefied natural gas facilities by determining safety requirements and steps contractors must take to minimize risk. A proposed Passamaquoddy Bay facility presents a problem because the narrow waterway is shared with Canada and the Coast Guard's counterparts there have not provided the information to evaluate safety concerns, said Capt. James Rendon, commander of the Northern New England sector.
Allen said so much attention has been focused on LNG that the transporting of many other types of hazardous materials, including ammonium nitrate and liquefied propane gas, has not received adequate attention. He suggested that the United States broaden its scrutiny to include all risky cargo.
"We need to be dealing with issues around the globe and defusing conflict before it happens," said Allen…. (Oct 18)
NOTE: This same story resides on Military.com at CG Chief Wants More Safety Regs.
Webmaster's Comments: This story's author failed to mention that the US Coast Guard also has the authority to prevent LNG transits in waterways that are deemed unsuitable for such transit — authority required by the FERC LNG permitting process. And, since the US has that authority over Canadian waters, then so does Canada.
Coast Guard Commander Admiral Thad Allen strengthens the argument that Canada can prevent LNG transits by his advocating that the US scrutinize all risky cargo. Canada, an equal sovereign, has equal authority — especially regarding Canadian waters.
LNG hearings show government at best, worst [Opinion] — Ventura County Star, Camarillo, CA
[W]hen the state Public Utilities Commission made the key decision without which no LNG firms would be pushing to enter the California market, no one heard from the public. No evidence was taken, either. Instead, the commission on its own ruled that California utilities can forego as much as one-quarter of the domestic natural gas that now comes here and substitute foreign-source LNG for it.
U.S. natural-gas companies pick international sites for terminals — The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ
But the prospect of gigantic gas tankers edging into their harbors makes many Americans - and Mexicans - nervous. In Mexico, many people still remember the 1984 explosion of a gas depot that killed 334 people in Mexico City.
Further, Mexico has recently seen a wave of bombings aimed at gas pipelines. In July and September, the leftist People's Revolutionary Army bombed 10 gas pipelines in central and eastern Mexico. The attacks forced some of Mexico's biggest factories to shut down.
The tar sands and Canada's food system — The Dominion, Montreal, QC
In theory, some of the business world seem to agree that "letting the market decide" may not be the most sound energy strategy. A January 2005 article in Canadian Business asserts that "with no long-term guidelines and no surplus capacity, the only thing the market can deliver is 'volatility.'"
The article concludes by quoting the president of a Calgary-based LNG company, saying "Economics 101 will solve the mess, but the trouble is it will do so with a machete...It will hurt." [Bold and red emphasis added.] (Oct 21)
Questions about the World's biggest natural gas field — The Oil Drum, New York, NY
In any event, the sheer audacity of the idea that you could have only two producing platforms in such a huge area, and know enough to book 30 years of supply is breathtaking. And we are not talking about some tiny wildcatter here. We are talking about the largest, and theoretically the most conservative, of all the oil companies in the world.
This is in answer to a question about oil & natural gas field reserves accounting practices. (2006 Jun 9)
The little sheikdom that could — Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas - USA (ASPO-USA), Denver, CO
Middle East proved oil reserves numbers are suspect. Each country's estimates made questionable leaps in the past, and then remained constant, all the while disregarding all the oil produced over the years. Qatar provides the most recent example. Examining this small sheikdom's reserve numbers underscores some of the problems in assessing the world's proved oil stocks. Qatar could take a step toward resolving this uncertainty by allowing an independent audit of their reserves numbers. They seem to have little to hide.
When Qatar did finally boost their proved reserves, where defined oil includes gas liquids, they had a good reason for doing so. Other Middle East OPEC countries have no such excuse. None of these oil producers ever revise their reserves numbers from year to year to reflect produced oil. When their proved reserves numbers do change, they only increase. (Jun 6)
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Terminal on the way — The Sun Herald, Gulfport, MS
Supply is the key.
That's why Gulf LNG, out of Houston, is breaking ground on its new Pascagoula docks in a few weeks and lining up contractors to build its $600 million regasification plant, and others are not. [Red emphasis added.]
Webmaster's Comments: Here's one more LNG terminal about to be constructed, further mooting Downeast LNG and Quoddy Bay LNG.
Speak your mind on LNG on Monday — The Daily News, Longview, WA
The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing Monday to discuss a Houston company's plan to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on the Columbia River.
The company has asked Clatsop County officials to approve nearly 30 policy changes and permit requests to build the facility. (Oct 20)
Webmaster's Comments: When reading the article, note NorthernStar's misinformation that only FERC determines whether or not LNG projects are constructed.
Natural gas prices increase despite moderate weather & high storage levels — CattleNetwork.com, Castle Rock, CO
Natural gas in storage as of Friday, October 12, was 3,375 Bcf, which is 6.7 percent above the 5-year average. Despite the seemingly favorable supply conditions and little weather-related natural gas demand, natural gas prices continued their upward movement of the past 6 weeks.
Recent LNG imports are substantially lower than earlier this year, when at times they averaged more than 3 Bcf per day.
The reduction in U.S. LNG imports reflects changes in LNG supply and demand across the world. Global LNG supplies appear adversely affected by several producers experiencing difficulties maintaining full production levels. (Oct 18)
Webmaster's Comments: The US has a high supply of natural gas in storage, but high prices. And yet, LNG promoters want the public to believe that importing more LNG will reduce natural gas prices.
Gulf-Times (Qatar): ‘Gas OPEC’ least of consumers’ worries — RoyalDutchShellPLC.com / ShellNews.net, New York, NY
This article discusses the rising costs to the natural gas and LNG industry. (Apr 8)
Webmaster's Comments: The URL to the above article contains characters that do not comply with the Web URL standard; therefore, here's a text version of the link as provided by the source. Try copying it and pasting it into a separate Web Browser window.
http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2007/04/08/gulf-times-qatar-‘gas-opec’-least-of-consumers’-worries/
Concerns rising over Qatar's future gas output - Report — Zawya, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Concerns are growing that the world's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas won't be able to increase daily gas export production beyond 2011, The Financial Times reports Tuesday, citing senior businessmen involved in Qatar's gas production.
The Qatari government has put a moratorium on further expansion of LNG and other gas products in 2005 after discovering that the giant offshore natural gas North Field may not be geologically sound enough to allow for further expansion. (Oct 16)
Crude oil: Super-spike ahead? — The Hindu Business Line, Chennai, India
The major oilfields have been extensively drilled and so the uncertainty regarding the oil reserve estimates is limited. It is in the estimation of natural gas that there is a large uncertainty as very little drilling and almost no independent verifications have been done. The data regarding gas fields are so sketchy that they make the figures on oilfields look pristine. So, at this point, one is just "assuming" that the gas is there. The issue associated with the world's largest gas field, that is, the North Field is a case in point. (2006 Sep 26)
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Islanders raise funds for LNG fight — Saint Croix Courier, St. Stephen, NB
DEER ISLAND — People on Deer Island raised almost $1,400 this week for the fight against liquefied natural gas developments in Passamaquoddy Bay. On Tuesday, Oct. 16, proprietors of The 45th Parallel Restaurant, Diane and Janice Bustin, hosted a turkey dinner with all the trimmings, and held a 50/50 draw to raise money.
Quoddy Bay LNG requests delay in state application process — The Quoddy Tides, Eastport, ME
"Until Quoddy Bay is more confident in what the Coast Guard will recommend, Quoddy Bay will be unable to provide specific information on the potential environmental impacts associated with those recommendations," Grimes wrote. (Oct 12)
Webmaster's Comments: The Coast Guard hasn't made recommendations, since the Coast Guard is still waiting for Quoddy Bay LNG to provide the Waterway Suitability information that the Coast Guard has requested from them.
LNG pipeline route through refuge denied — The Quoddy Tides, Eastport, ME
The U.S. Department of the Interior officially denied Downeast LNG's proposed natural gas pipeline route through Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge on September 27.
Attorney Manahan notes in his letter to the Maine BEP that, as required by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission permitting process, Downeast LNG had previously submitted multiple alternative routes and had designated what they called Option 4 as the best route -- the rejected route. The other route options still exist in their FERC application docket. (Oct 12)
Developers, opponents debate results of Canadian LNG study — The Quoddy Tides, Eastport, ME
"It's a political decision by Canada to say these risks are unacceptable," [Jessie] Davies says, noting that the government consulted with its own experts and looked at the biological status of the bay, in addition to considering the study. Referring to the Canadian government's decision to refuse to allow LNG vessels through Head Harbour Passage, she says, "That's the end of the story. No means no." She maintains that "Dean Girdis is grasping at straws" to keep the funding by Downeast LNG's investors. (Oct 12)
Webmaster's Comments: This is a non-story, since Canada has made its decision based on multiple sources of information, and is not willing to allow the risk.
Dean Girdis continues to ignore that…
- The US can prohibit LNG tankers from transiting into Passamaquoddy Bay, via the US Coast Guard's Waterway Suitability Report and Letter of Recommendation that are part of FERC's LNG terminal permitting requirements — the US claims the right to deny innocent passage for LNG ships;
- Since the US can restrict LNG transits in Canadian waters, then Canada — and equal sovereign — has that same right.
Girdis's argument to the contrary is hypocritical and hollow.
Alaska can export LNG to Pacific Rim - BG Group — Reuters
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct 18 (Reuters) — Prospects for liquefying North Slope natural gas and shipping it by tanker to Pacific Rim markets may be better than those for a big pipeline to the United States, a BG Group Plc executive said on Thursday.
David Keane, vice president for policy and corporate affairs with the North American arm of the Britain-based gas producer, broke with Alaska energy-industry convention by touting the potential for a liquefied natural gas project to commercialize the North Slope's vast stores of natural gas.
"We should not and must not focus solely (on) U.S. markets," he said in a speech to the Arctic Energy Summit, a four-day conference in Anchorage. (Oct 18)
Webmaster's Comments: Apparently BG believes that the US doesn't need additional natural gas as desperately as some industry advocates claim.
Candidates wrap up debate marathon — Ventura County Reporter, Ventura, CA
No support for liquefied natural gas proposal
The event marks the first time any politician from the city of Ventura has spoken publicly in the long simmering debate over the construction of LNG facilities in coastal waters. (Oct 18)
NERC: Over reliance on natural gas raises concern in the United States — LNG Law Blog, Washington, DC
According to NERC's press release, several regions in the U.S. are overly dependent on natural gas and LNG imports for electricity generation, potentially exposing these markets to global risk factors. (Oct 17)
US LNG imports up in first half of October as European prices sag — Platts
Liquefied natural gas cargo volumes slated to arrive in the US during roughly the first half of October are up 23% compared with the same period in September, according to analysis of updated shipping data. (Oct 18)
Webmaster's Comments: This report appears to conflict with the Reuters report from Oct 17, "Strong Asia demand again slows U.S. LNG import." This is the second time in about a month where such conflicting reports surfaced.
‘Gas runs out in 12 yrs’ — Newsday, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Seepersad-Bachan, the former chairman of the National Petroleum Company, said that at the rate of using 1.2 trillion (TCF) per year, the country’s reserves had dropped from lasting 16 years to 12 years.
Webmaster's Comments: Quoddy Bay LNG's Donald Smith and Brian Smith claim that they'll be obtaining their 50-year project supply of LNG from Trinidad and Tobago.
Compressed natural gas: Monetizing stranded gas — Energy Tribune, Houston, TX
LNG, an effective means of long-distance gas transport, accounts for about 25 percent of the world’s gas movement. But LNG projects require large investments along with substantial natural gas reserves, and are only economically viable for long distances, e.g., 2,500 miles or longer. CNG technology provides an effective way for short-distance gas transport. The technology is aimed at monetizing offshore reserves that cannot be produced because of pipeline unavailability or prohibitive LNG costs. This article provides an overview of the three most common natural gas transmission technologies and evaluates their technical and economic aspects. Economic evaluations include total cost estimates, transportation costs for a range of gas export volumes, and the given market distance. (Oct 18)
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Perry Planning Board pitches for funds, strikes out — WQDY-FM, Calais, ME
"We need a lawyer because we are revising and updating the land-use and development ordinances from 1987. We need advice on how to do that. We can get some advice from Judy East [Washington County Council of Governments], we also need the advice of a land-use lawyer," she said.
"The second thing we need legal counsel for if and when an application comes from Quoddy Bay LNG to the planning board, we have never dealt with an issue of this magnitude. We are going to need help. We are asking the for that help today, Asante said.
Keltic releases final report on Goldboro LNG terminal — The Daily News, Halifax, NS
Chantal Gagnon, a spokeswoman with the Ecology Action Centre, said they're concerned about mercury and arsenic tailings left in the harbour from previous gold mining activity that would be disturbed during the plant's construction.
Public comments on the report may be made until Nov. 14, at which point regulators will make their recommendations to Ottawa.
Legislators oppose Safe Harbor LNG plan — Energy Current, Houston, TX
In a letter to New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, David Mejias of North Massapequa, Jeff Toback of Oceanside, Dave Denenberg of Merrick and Kevan Abrahams of Hempstead, said the project "will pave over 116 acres of the ocean floor, kill all marine life in the area, permanently scar the landscape off Long Island, and bring NO new supply of natural gas to Long Island or New York State, and NO economic benefit or relief to Long Island ratepayers. (Oct 17)
Court will hear Delaware-New Jersey dispute over LNG project — AP, Newsday, New York, NY
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear from lawyers for Delaware and New Jersey in the states' legal dispute over plans for a liquefied natural gas terminal on the Delaware River. (Oct 15)
Alaska tax structure threatens LNG project — Energy Current, Houston, TX
Under the existing tax structure, the state's prevailing value for North Slope gas is based on oil prices, or 10 percent of the current market price. The existing petroleum production tax (PPT) for North Slope gas is 22.5 percent of the fluctuating market value. (Oct 17)
Islanders deserve LNG input [Opinion] — The Powell River Peak, Powell River, BC
Asked by one resident if WestPac would withdraw its application to build and operate the terminal if islanders were opposed, company president Mark Butler said he would not withdraw, but would leave the outcome to provincial and federal approving authorities. (Oct 17)
Webmaster's Comments: LNG developers seem to be the same nearly everywhere — if a community supports the project, then its opinion counts; if a community opposes the project, its opinion is meaningless unless it can somehow be bribed or wheedled into project support.
A singular exception seems to be the Cianbro LNG proposal for the village of Corea in South Gouldsboro, Maine. When the community opposed the project, as they promised they would do, Cianbro left.
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