As an opening salvo in the permitting process for the first of up to four or five competing liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal proposals in the Pacific Northwest, more than 300 residents and local officials turned out at a FERC hearing in the Columbia River town of Bradwood Thursday night to hear about the most advanced of the LNG proposals in Oregon.
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MMS Issues Rule on Floating Offshore Platforms
The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) on Tuesday issued a final rule that streamlines the permitting process for floating platforms, and incorporates industry standards for floating production systems into agency regulations. The rule marks the first time the MMS has addressed floating oil and natural gas facilities separately from fixed platforms.
Proposed ChevronTexaco Baja LNG Terminal Targeted by Enviros
While local and state permitting is still being sought, the proposed ChevronTexaco liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal on the leeward side of the Coronado Islands off the North Baja Pacific Coast have been targeted by environmental groups that are alleging the Mexican federal government did not adequately review the potential impact of the proposed terminal operation on local wildlife.
FERC Affirms Order Abandoning Vintage Mississippi River Pipe Facilities
Saying it would not jeopardize service on the system, FERC last Monday upheld an earlier order permitting CenterPoint Energy-Mississippi River Transmission Corp. (MRT) to abandon 307 miles of 76-year-old pipeline facilities in northern Louisiana, Arkansas and southern Missouri.
FERC Affirms Order Abandoning Vintage Mississippi River Pipe Facilities
Saying it would not jeopardize service on the system, FERC on Monday upheld an earlier order permitting CenterPoint Energy-Mississippi River Transmission Corp. (MRT) to abandon 307 miles of 76-year-old pipeline facilities in northern Louisiana, Arkansas and southern Missouri.
FERC Reinstates Limits on Selective Shipper Discounts, Mulls Future of Policy
Acting on remand, FERC last Wednesday reinstated a policy of permitting interstate pipelines to limit selective shipper discounts to the primary receipt and delivery points specified in a shipper’s contract (RP00-463-006). At the same time, the natural gas industry signaled that, for the most part, it was satisfied with the agency’s selective discounting policy as is.
FERC Reinstates Limits on Selective Shipper Discounts
Acting on remand, FERC on Wednesday reinstated a policy of permitting interstate pipelines to limit selective shipper discounts to the primary receipt and delivery points specified in a shipper’s contract (RP00-463-006).
Investment, Permitting Stand as Largest LNG Hurdles
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) may not only fill the gas supply gap, but might end up displacing indigenous resources down the road if enough projects can overcome local opposition and line up the required financing for construction, according to several analysts speaking at the GasMart conference in Denver on Tuesday.
Investment, Permitting Stand as Largest LNG Hurdles
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) may not only fill the gas supply gap, but might end up displacing indigenous resources down the road…if enough projects can overcome local opposition and line of the required financing for construction, according to several analysts speaking at the GasMart conference in Denver on Tuesday.
ExxonMobil Launches LNG Import Project at Sabine Pass, TX
Exxon Mobil Corp. affiliate Golden Pass LNG Terminal LP has started the permitting process at FERC on a proposed $600 million LNG import terminal that would be located near Sabine Pass, TX, about 10 miles south of Port Arthur and not that far from another LNG import terminal being proposed by Cheniere Energy.