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Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco last week denied McMoRan Exploration Co.’s application to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project — the Main Pass Energy Hub (MPEH) — offshore of Louisiana because of concerns about the future environmental impacts on her state’s fisheries as well as the lack of financial compensation from the developers.

Gov. Kathleen Blanco is calling on the federal government to give Louisiana a greater share of the revenues from the oil and natural gas produced off the coast of her state, hinting strongly that she will block future lease sales off Louisiana’s shoreline if the government does not fork over a bigger share of the royalty pie to the state.

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who has been a strong proponent of liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal construction in her state, has sent a letter to Acting Maritime Administrator John Jamian warning that she will oppose construction of LNG terminals off the Louisiana coast that use the “open rack” vaporization (ORV) process.

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who has been a strong proponent of onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal construction in her state, has sent a letter to Acting Maritime Administrator John Jamian warning that she will oppose construction of LNG terminals off the Louisiana coast that use the “open rack” vaporization (ORV) process.

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius last Monday signed into law a measure (HB 2263) that will create an electric transmission authority for the Midwest state. The move follows similar efforts to set up such authorities in a number of other states, including the Dakotas, and could spur further wind power development in Kansas.

Excelerate Energy CEO Kathleen Eisbrenner said last week that she expects deliveries to the company’s offshore Louisiana LNG terminal to begin sometime in 2005 but the company still has not lined up any long-term supply or market agreements. The Gulf of Mexico Energy Bridge project will be the first new LNG terminal built in the United States in 20 years and the first offshore LNG terminal in the world.

Excelerate Energy CEO Kathleen Eisbrenner said this week that she expects LNG deliveries to begin sometime in 2005 to the first new LNG terminal in the United States in 20 years and the first offshore LNG terminal in the world. However, the company still has not lined up any long-term supply or market agreements.

With 1,000 Louisiana chemical plant jobs lost in 2003 alone, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco last Monday called on the nation’s governors to press the federal government to form a “coordinated response” to historically high natural gas prices. At the same, top energy lawmakers engaged in a war of words in a Capitol Hill newspaper over the fate of the stalled Senate energy bill.

With 1,000 Louisiana chemical plant jobs lost in 2003 alone, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco on Monday called on the nation’s governors to press the federal government to form a “coordinated response” to historically high natural gas prices. At the same, top energy lawmakers engaged in a war of words in a Capitol Hill newspaper over the fate of the stalled Senate energy bill.