License

Federal and state agencies have deemed complete their review of Clearwater Port LLC’s deepwater port license application to build a 1.2 Bcf/d offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, said developer NorthernStar Natural Gas Inc. Tuesday.

The U.S. Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced the cancellation of all actions related to the processing of a deepwater port license application for ExxonMobil’s proposed Pearl Crossing LNG Terminal offshore Louisiana. The action includes cancellation of all activities related to the preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS) and is in response to ExxonMobil’s decision to withdraw the application. The company said earlier this year that it would pursue development of its proposed onshore terminals, which already have received certification from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. ExxonMobil spokesman Bob Davis said the main concern with the offshore terminal was the controversy over the open rack vaporization process, which uses large amounts of sea water to vaporize the LNG and may have undesirable environmental consequences. In a Federal Register notice, MARAD said the cancellation of all actions related to the application was effective Oct. 19. The $1 billion LNG project would have been located 41 miles off the coast of Louisiana in West Cameron Block 220 and would have included a 1 Bcf/d pipeline to the coast.

Nova Scotia’s government last week issued a 25-year natural gas distribution license for the province on the assumption that the chosen distributor had natural gas supplies line up. However, the province has since learned that the new distributor does not have supply in place for its 4,000 potential customers and is still in the negotiating stages with several suppliers.

Nova Scotia’s government last week issued a 25-year natural gas distribution license for the province on the assumption that the chosen distributor had natural gas supplies line up. However, the province has since learned that the new distributor does not have supply in place for its 4,000 potential customers and is still in the negotiating stages with several suppliers.

A triple hunting license — to increase delivery capacity, cast for customers and accelerate drilling — has been granted to the leaders of the next growth planned for natural gas production offshore of Nova Scotia, Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline (M&NP) and EnCana Corp.

A triple hunting license — to increase delivery capacity, cast for customers and accelerate drilling — has been granted to the leaders of the next growth planned for natural gas production offshore of Nova Scotia, Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline (M&NP) and EnCana Corp.

ChevronTexaco (CVX) has applied to the U.S. Coast Guard for a deepwater port license in an ambitious scheme to construct and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving and regasification terminal in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM), which could be operational as soon as 2006.

AES Corp.’s energy service arm, NewEnergy, said yesterday it hasreceived its business license as an alternative supplier ofelectricity from the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN).The company will be able to sell electricity to Nevada consumers assoon as the market is opened to competition.

Canada’s National Energy Board gave natural-gas exporters alicense to grow by approving the Alliance Pipeline Project, but theboard included a warning of the risks of excess capacity: pricecuts and strained supplies.