Opponents

As expected, opponents of the proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal at Coos Bay, OR, have appealed recent local permits for the facility along the state’s south-central coast to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals.

With his gubernatorial legacy somewhat on the line, Alaska’s lame duck Gov. Frank Murkowski attempted to reach out to his opponents on Wednesday in the hopes of securing a natural gas pipeline contract, warning that unless a special session is agreed upon by the Alaska legislature, plans to build the much ballyhooed gasline are in “significant peril.”

The announced resignation of Interior Secretary Gale Norton has given opponents of drilling off Florida’s coastline added impetus to stop the Bush administration’s proposal to open up more of the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and natural gas leasing, said offshore drilling foe Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) on Monday.

Florida’s two senators plan to unveil legislation Wednesday that they say will offer something for both opponents and proponents of offshore drilling — it will give the state of Florida continued protection of its coastline from energy production, will permanently set aside an area for military training in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and will open up additional acres of the natural gas-prone Lease Sale 181 to producers. A key House energy lawmaker criticized the bill as being too limited in its scope.

With applicants and opponents both primed for a long debate, the draft environmental impact report on a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in the Port of Long Beach, CA, will be released on Monday when the port oversight board is scheduled to meet, according to Tom Giles, the COO for Sound Energy Solutions (SES), a joint venture of Mitsubishi Corp. and ConocoPhillips that has proposed the terminal.

Before a packed chamber split about equally between opponents and supporters, the Long Beach, CA, City Council just past midnight Wednesday morning voted 5-4 to continue discussions with proponents of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in the city’s harbor. As a result, the city municipal energy department will resume talks that were cut off more than a year ago for a pipeline and LNG supplies from the proposed plant for the city’s natural gas distribution utility.

Before a packed chamber split about equally between opponents and supporters, the Long Beach, CA, City Council just past midnight Wednesday morning voted 5-4 to continue discussions with proponents of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in the city’s harbor. As a result, the city municipal energy department will resume talks that were cut off more than a year ago for a pipeline and LNG supplies from the proposed plant for the city’s natural gas distribution utility.

The East and West Coasts may not see any relief from escalating natural gas prices in the years ahead if they are successful in their efforts to block the construction of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in their areas, warned Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) last Tuesday.

The East and West Coasts may not see any relief from escalating natural gas prices in the years ahead if they are successful in their efforts to block the construction of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in their areas, warned Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) Tuesday.