Importation

Want to know what the coming years will bring for importation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the United States? Then look back at 2008. The gas industry can expect more of the same, according to a model run by two Rice University economists. However, others suggest growth in global LNG production in 2009 will lead to increased U.S. imports.

Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) has received an application from Repsol Energy Canada Ltd. for a license authorizing the importation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) into Canada and for a separate license to export gas from Canada to the United States, the NEB said last Wednesday.

Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) has received an application from Repsol Energy Canada Ltd. for a license authorizing the importation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) into Canada and for a separate license to export gas from Canada to the United States, the NEB said Wednesday.

NorthernStar Natural Gas Inc.’s plan to convert a working offshore oil platform and use a previously certified undersea pipeline route for liquefied natural gas (LNG) importation carries less environmental risk than a competing project that California officials rejected earlier this year, according to a company executive.

NorthernStar Natural Gas Inc.’s plan to convert a working offshore oil platform and use an already-certified undersea pipeline route for liquefied natural gas (LNG) importation carries less environmental risk than a competing project that California officials rejected earlier this year, according to a company executive.

Winning a key approval that will allow construction of the first new liquefied natural gas (LNG) importation facility to serve the East Coast in more than 25 years, Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge LLC, a subsidiary of The Woodlands, TX-based Excelerate Energy LLC, said last week that it has received its deepwater port license from the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) for the company’s proposed facility to be located 18 miles east of Boston.

Winning a key approval that will allow construction of the first new liquefied natural gas (LNG) importation facility to serve the East Coast in more than 25 years, Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge LLC, a subsidiary of The Woodlands, TX-based Excelerate Energy LLC, said late Monday it has received its deepwater port license from the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) for the company’s proposed facility to be located 18 miles east of Boston.

Strong and growing interest in LNG importation spurred ColumbiaLNG Corp. to go ahead and buy the other half of the Cove Point LNGLimited Partnership it did not already own from Potomac ElectricPower Co. unregulated subsidiary Potomac Capital Investment Corp.