Onerous

More stringent drilling requirements and other onerous regulations have cost Colorado its ranking as the most attractive destination worldwide for oil and natural gas investment, according to the Fraser Institute’s Global Petroleum Survey 2008. Meanwhile, Saskatchewan is now the jewel of Canada’s oil patch, surpassing Alberta as the preferred choice for upstream investment.

Florida Gas Transmission (FGT), by placing “onerous” conditions on AES Ocean Express LLC in its pursuit of an interconnection with FGT’s system, is frustrating the company’s plans to construct a proposed Bahamas-to-Florida line to deliver regasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the southern Florida market, AES Ocean Express said last week.

Florida Gas Transmission (FGT), by placing “onerous” conditions on AES Ocean Express LLC in its pursuit of an interconnection with FGT’s system, is frustrating the company’s plans to construct a proposed Bahamas-to-Florida line to deliver regasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the southern Florida market, AES Ocean Express contends.

Florida’s onerous restrictions on new power plant construction aren’t holding back Calpine Corp. The company announced it has signed a contract to supply power from a new 540 MW combined cycle plant to Tampa-based Seminole Electric Cooperative.

Florida’s onerous restrictions on new power plant constructionaren’t holding back Calpine Corp. The company announced it hassigned a contract to supply power from a new 540 MW combined cycleplant to Tampa-based Seminole Electric Cooperative.