Construction

While energy efficiency and renewables, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and the eventual construction of the Alaska pipeline can all play a role in helping to tackle the current gas supply/demand quandary facing the U.S., there is no single silver bullet available that can dramatically lower natural gas prices from their high levels today, a broad cross-section of energy and environmental officials agreed at a conference on Tuesday.

Maryland House lawmakers from Prince George’s County introduced emergency legislation last Wednesday that would block the construction or operation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities that are located “unreasonably close” to heavily populated areas or public transportation centers.

After a less than 15 month construction period, The Woodlands, TX-based Excelerate Energy LLC announced last week that its Gulf Gateway Energy Bridge Deepwater Port has received its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo successfully. The Gulf Gateway — located offshore Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico — is the world’s first offshore receiving facility and the first new LNG regasification facility in North America in over 20 years.

Maryland House lawmakers from Prince George’s County introduced emergency legislation Wednesday that would block the construction or operation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities that are located “unreasonably close” to heavily populated areas or public transportation centers.

After a less than 15 month construction period, The Woodlands, TX-based Excelerate Energy LLC announced Wednesday that its Gulf Gateway Energy Bridge Deepwater Port has received its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo successfully. The Gulf Gateway — located offshore Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico — is the world’s first offshore receiving facility and the first new LNG regasification facility in North America in over 20 years.

The campaign to throw construction of the Canadian leg in the Alaska gas pipeline project open to competition reached the top of the Canadian government, where a senior committee of the Liberal cabinet Thursday opened its doors to Enbridge Inc.

The campaign to throw construction of the Canadian leg in the Alaska gas pipeline project open to competition reached the top of the Canadian government, where a senior committee of the Liberal cabinet Thursday opened its doors to Enbridge Inc.

Natural gas supply and demand will exceed 30 Tcf by 2020 if policy makers swiftly enact measures that are favorable to liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, construction of an Alaskan gas pipeline and open up U.S. lands that currently are off limits to producers, according to a new report released by the American Gas Foundation (AGF) Monday.

FERC on Thursday gave Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Co. LLC the green light to begin construction on the 380-mile pipeline, which will offer a new direct route to Midcontinent and Midwest natural gas markets for rapidly growing Powder River Basin coalbed methane production and traditional gas supply from the Jonah Field in the Green River Basin in western Wyoming. The $425 million project, which will extend from the Cheyenne Hub in northeastern Colorado to Greensburg, KS, will be a major new addition to the entire Rockies region. The pipeline is targeted for service in January 2005, with an expansion the following year. Initial deliveries are expected to total 560 MMcf/d with another 170 MMcf/d in Phase II and the possibility of an additional 1 Bcf/d expansion.