Disputes

Regulatory and monetary hurdles remain, but the Canadian government has completed a C$25 million (US$23.9 million) agreement with the Dene Tha’ First Nation in Alberta to resolve one of the disputes that has entangled the Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) from moving forward.

The Texas Legislature has passed two bills that would provide producers with an informal complaint process to resolve disputes over lost or unaccounted for natural gas, as well as give Texas regulators the ability to assess penalties of up to $5,000 a day for violations of agency regulations.

The Texas Legislature has passed two bills that would provide producers with an informal complaint process to resolve disputes over lost or unaccounted for natural gas, as well as give Texas regulators the ability to assess penalties of up to $5,000 a day for violations of agency regulations.

FERC last Thursday issued a proposed rule aimed at reducing the time and expense involved in settling disputes that arise when parties move to change the terms of their jurisdictional wholesale natural gas and power sales contracts.

FERC on Thursday issued a proposed rule aimed at reducing the time and expense involved in settling disputes that arise when parties move to change the terms of their jurisdictional wholesale natural gas and power sales contracts.

California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey delivered the latest salvo in the simmering jurisdictional fight over a proposed Long Beach, CA, LNG facility, disputing FERC Commissioner Joseph Kelliher’s claim that exclusive federal jurisdiction is necessary to further development of LNG imports in the United States.

California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey delivered the latest salvo in the simmering jurisdictional fight over a proposed Long Beach, CA, LNG facility, disputing FERC Commissioner Joseph Kelliher’s claim that exclusive federal jurisdiction is necessary to further development of LNG imports in the United States.

With the aboriginal partners simultaneously urging on the corporate sponsors and demanding better deals, the Mackenzie Gas Project is vowing to hit its target date of 2009 for completing the C$5 billion (US$3.7 billion) Canadian arctic production and pipeline project.

With the aboriginal partners simultaneously urging on the corporate sponsors and demanding better deals, the Mackenzie Gas Project is vowing to hit its target date of 2009 for completing the C$5 billion (US$3.7 billion) Canadian arctic production and pipeline project.