Denial

It is not a matter of if, but when, the now-stalled Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project gets on track at FERC, the CEO in charge of the project for Calgary-based Veresen Inc. told an investor day audience in Toronto on Tuesday.

Bluegrass Pipeline, which if sanctioned would carry surging mixed natural gas liquids (NGL) from the Marcellus and Utica shales to Northeast markets and Gulf Coast petrochemical complexes, faces some hurdles before it would be sanctioned, the project partners said Tuesday.

Oil and gas industry executives have all duly noted the change in Washington’s thinking on global warming and greenhouse gases, but at least some are still in denial of what’s to come. Those who think “all this renewable energy stuff is nonsense” are in for a rude awakening, an oil and gas industry researcher told NGI.

Oil and gas industry executives have all duly noted the change in Washington’s thinking on global warming and greenhouse gases, but at least some are still in denial of what’s to come. Those who think “all this renewable energy stuff is nonsense” are in for a rude awakening, an oil and gas industry researcher told NGI.

In response to concerns expressed by the community and the U.S. Coast Guard, as well as a recent denial of a dredging permit by Massachusetts, Weaver’s Cove Energy says it is exploring an alternative option that calls for the construction of an offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) unloading berth in Mount Hope Bay and an underwater pipeline to transport LNG to a proposed terminal site in Fall River, MA.

In response to concerns expressed by the community and the U.S. Coast Guard, as well as a recent denial of a dredging permit by Massachusetts, Weaver’s Cove Energy says it is exploring an alternative option that calls for the construction of an offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) unloading berth in Mount Hope Bay and an underwater pipeline to transport the LNG to a proposed terminal site in Fall River, MA.

The lack of any sense of immediacy surrounding the building of a coastal LNG terminal in California was illustrated by the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) denial on June 21 of a request by the state’s major natural gas utilities to modify rules that could apply to connecting a terminal to the existing intrastate backbone transmission pipeline system and its ties to markets east of California.

Consultants to a county planning commission reportedly will recommend denial of a land-use permit for NorthernStar Natural Gas Co.’s Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal site along the Columbia River.

The lack of any sense of immediacy surrounding the building of a coastal LNG terminal in California was illustrated by the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) denial on Thursday of a request by the state’s major natural gas utilities to modify rules that could apply to interconnecting a terminal to the existing intrastate backbone transmission pipeline system and its ties to markets east of California.