Green

FERC issued a draft order Wednesday granting a certificate for development and operation of the $750 million Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, LA. With a proposed peak sendout of 2.6 Bcf/d of regasified LNG, Cheniere LNG’s Sabine Pass terminal will be the largest of the three proposed and four existing U.S. LNG terminals with FERC certificates.

FERC Friday gave Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC the green light to bypass a Lakewood, CO-based local distribution company (LDC) in order to directly serve a customer.

After a series of delays Equitrans LP Tuesday asked FERC for the green light to place in service its Big Sandy Pipeline, which was built to ease the capacity constraints that have plagued producers in the eastern part of Kentucky over the years.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), a major opponent of oil and natural gas production in the United States and advocate of green fuels, has called on Vice President Dick Cheney to use his “considerable influence” to get OPEC nations to increase their oil production during his trip to the Middle East.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), a major opponent of oil and natural gas production in the United States and advocate of green fuels, has called on Vice President Dick Cheney to use his “considerable influence” to get OPEC nations to increase their oil production during his trip to the Middle East.

It’s not easy being green for liquefied natural gas (LNG) project developers along Southern California’s shores as the first West Coast LNG facility prepares to open next quarter in North Baja California, Mexico, and proposals move along in Oregon. Three California offshore proposals have been diverted to examine their individual global climate change impacts, and a fourth onshore site in Long Beach awaits a critical state court hearing March 17 to try to force local officials to restart a final environmental review process that was abruptly stopped a year ago.

Questar Overthrust Pipeline Co. is holding an open season for a potential expansion of its system to meet growing production volumes anticipated from the Green River, Uinta and Piceance basins that will feed the next generation of Rockies export pipelines.

Questar Overthrust Pipeline Co. is holding an open season for a potential expansion of its system to meet growing production volumes anticipated from the Green River, Uinta and Piceance basins that will feed the next generation of Rockies export pipelines.

The National Governors Association (NGA) hit the nation’s capital the last weekend in February with a decidedly green tint to their proceedings, and the western governors’ branch of the national association announced a new push for alternative energy development and more fuel efficiency. NGA’s winter meeting kicked off with its chairman, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, emphasizing an initiative he calls Securing a Clean Energy Future (SCEF).