Coastal

Looking at temperature predictions over the next three months, Andover, MA-based WSI Corp. said it expects the northwest and the coastal cities of California to average colder than normal conditions while a majority of the southern U.S. and the East are anticipated to see warmer than normal readings.

Organized opposition to a coastal liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in California, along with critical environmental organizations and utilities, Friday raised the spectre of challenging at least part of the sweeping new state natural gas rules approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (see Daily GPI, Sept. 22). At least one group threatened to file a lawsuit in state Superior Court Monday.

Eyeing regional markets, the backers of Oregon’s only proposed coastal liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal told state regulators Thursday that the Jordan Cove LNG Project seeks broad interconnections with interstate natural gas pipelines traversing the area and gas storage in northern California, Washington and Oregon. The $500 million facility is slated for Coos Bay along the Pacific Coast in south-central Oregon.

Eyeing regional markets, the backers of Oregon’s only proposed coastal liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal told state regulators Thursday that the Jordan Cove LNG Project seeks broad interconnections with interstate natural gas pipelines traversing the area and gas storage in northern California, Washington and Oregon. The $500 million facility is slated for Coos Bay along the Pacific Coast in south-central Oregon.

The American Public Gas Association (APGA) on Wednesday called on Congress to include language in budget reconciliation legislation that would allow coastal states to open up their currently closed shores to oil and natural gas production.

Recent surveys of residents in six coastal states — California, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida — found that many would favor offshore drilling for oil and natural gas if their states had more control over offshore areas and received a large portion of the royalty revenue from the production.

With each new negative vote from a little coastal town in Maine it becomes less likely that the state will be the home of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal. While that certainly is not good news for gas consumers in the state, including the 1,500 MW of gas-fired power generation, state officials believe there will be enough gas coming south from two LNG import terminals in Canada to serve gas demand growth.

With each new negative vote from a little coastal town in Maine it becomes less likely that the state will be the home of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal. While that certainly is not good news for gas consumers in the state, including the 1,500 MW of gas-fired power generation, state officials believe there will be enough gas coming south from two LNG import terminals in Canada.

Flat to about 15 cents higher pricing in the West and at some points in the Gulf Coast and Midcontinent/Midwest markets was outweighed Wednesday by declines ranging from a little under a nickel to more than 30 cents. Northeast citygates took the heaviest hits as the eastern U.S. continued to see temperatures rise following a frigid holiday weekend.