Alive

The prospective liquefied natural gas (LNG) export business is alive and well, but it is not for the under-capitalized or inexperienced, according to three knowledgeable observers with perspectives from both coasts and the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) who NGI contacted earlier this month.

California lawmakers on Thursday rejected an industry-opposed bill (SB 1054) on hydraulic fracturing (fracking), but a second fracking measure (AB 591) is still alive.

No hearings have been set as yet for deciding the fate of several natural gas safety bills alive in the California legislature. They will wait for further committee hearings in mid-August when state lawmakers return from a month-long recess that begins Friday. Meanwhile, a number of other states are considering fracking and/or pipeline safety legislative proposals, including Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Texas.

No hearings have been set as yet for deciding the fate of several natural gas safety bills alive in the California legislature. They will wait for further committee hearings in mid-August when state lawmakers return from a month-long recess that begins Friday.

While no hearings have been set as of yet for deciding the fate of several natural gas safety bills alive in the California legislature, all indicators point to the picture becoming clearer following mid-August committee hearings, when state lawmakers return from a month-long recess that begins Friday.

Backers of one of the two proposed West Coast liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal projects still alive, the Jordan Cove LNG facility and connecting transmission pipeline at Coos Bay, OR, have been encouraged by players in the western natural gas market to change the project to an LNG export facility in the same way that backers of the Kitimat LNG proposal in British Columbia transformed that project.

Backers of one of the two proposed West Coast liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal projects still alive, the Jordan Cove LNG facility and connecting transmission pipeline at Coos Bay, OR, have been encouraged by players in the western natural gas market to change the project to an LNG export facility in the same way that backers of the Kitimat LNG proposal in British Columbia transformed that project.

Based on the proposed storage and pipeline infrastructure projects pending at FERC, the natural gas storage business is alive and well and is likely to grow in the short and long term, according to a federal energy official speaking as part of a panel discussion last Tuesday at GasMart 2010 in Chicago. Storage was called the perfect partner for new supply projects.

Based on the proposed storage and pipeline infrastructure projects pending at FERC, the natural gas storage business is alive and well and is likely to grow in the short and long term, according to a federal energy official speaking as part of a panel discussion Tuesday at GasMart 2010 in Chicago. Storage was called the perfect partner for new supply projects.