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FERC Issuance of Notice of Availability >> STILL NOT RESCHEDULED << |
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Downeast LNG's option to purchase project site expires (The option was renewed 2009 Mar 12.) |
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Peter Zeihan, analyst at Stratfor —
“[E]ven if the rate of natural gas production drops by half ... and even if the rate of natural gas increases for power generation doubles, there's still more than enough natural gas ... to fully fill every single LNG export plant that is currently under consideration by the government.”
— "Impact of US liquefied natural gas," First Coast News - WTLV/WJXX, Jacksonville, FL, 2012 Apr 20.
Bill Loveless, Platts Energy Week —
"The interstate gas pipeline industry is responding with mergers and acquisitions, and plans for thousands of miles of new construction. ... Most of this expansion would be headed to Northeast and Southeast markets from the shale plays in Ohio and Pennsylvania." [Bold emphasis added.]
— "03.25.12 Spectra Energy CEO Interview" — Platts Energy Week TV, 2012 Mar 25
Chris Newkumet, Platts Inside FERC —
"For liquefied natural gas in the U.S., the tide has turned. New-found and abundant shale reserves have all but killed the LNG market." [Bold emphasis added.]
— "03.18.12 LNG Exports" — Platts Energy Week TV, 2012 Mar 12
Jerry Swank, managing partner of Swank Capital of Dallas —
“With gas so cheap that it sometimes doesn't pay to take it out of the ground, the Marcellus has become "a giant gas storage field." [Bold emphasis added.]
— "Analyst: $200B investment coming in Marcellus, Utica region," WTRF, 2012 Mar 20.
Webmaster's comment: As this points out — contrary to what Downeast LNG wants the public to believe — there is no gas shortage in Maine, New England, or the Northeast. There is a flood of domestic natural gas available without having to rely on yet another idle LNG import terminal.
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May 9
News Stories & Editorial > May 9 [For faster page loading, go to our Latest News page.]
May 8
- US LNG Imports are at a 10-Year Low
US LNG imports have dropped lower than before Downeast LNG was even concieved.Announcements > 2012 > May
- May 8 — US LNG Imports Have Dropped to a 10-Year Low
- 2012 Apr 20 — Downeast LNG becomes the last remaining LNG import proposal in all of North America. All other developers have recognized the lack of need for more LNG import infrastructure.
News Stories & Editorial > May 8
- Update 1-US trims natgas output growth view, lifts demand
- Embracing the shale revolution [Opinion column] (May 4)
- Shale gas export boom: Planned all along? [News Analysis] (May 4)
- Global tremors from a US gas explosion (May 4) [Commentary]
- Brookings study urges no government action on LNG exports (May 3)
May 7
FERC > LNG Project Review Process > eLibrary Dockets > Formal Filing Docket Comment Submissions > Downeast LNG — CP07-52, CP07-53, CP07-54, CP07-55 > 2012 May
- May 7
- Save Passamaquoddy Bay — Save Passamaquoddy Bay rebuts Downeast LNG's May 2 comment filing regarding the Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO) terminal siting best practices.
Save Passamaquoddy Bay documents Downeast LNG's ignorance of SIGTTO best practices when the company selected its proposed site. SPB also demonstrates that Downeast LNG is apparently not a member of SIGTTO, and lists the numerous ways Downeast LNG's proposed terminal site and ship transit route are contrary to SIGTTO best safe practices, public safety, and industry safety.
- DOWNEAST LNG LP, DOWNEAST PIPELINE, LLC— Downeast LNG indicates that by the end of May it will likely submit its latest vapor-gas dispersion Exclusion Zone calculation results to FERC.
Webmaster's comment: FERC required Downeast LNG to recalculate the vapor-gas dispersion Exclusion Zone, even after a newly-approved computer model calculation of that Exclusion Zone had been submitted by the company. Downeast LNG had not done the calculation properly; hence, FERC's requirement to recalculate it.
May 2
FERC > LNG Project Review Process > eLibrary Dockets > Formal Filing Docket Comment Submissions > Downeast LNG — CP07-52, CP07-53, CP07-54, CP07-55 > 2012 May
- May 2 —Downeast LNG, Inc., Downeast LNG LP
Summary: Downeast LNG president Dean Girdis submits a generic letter from SIGTTO (Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators) indicating that SIGTTO is a private organization "whose sole aim is to promote safety in the liquefied gas transport and storage industry," and that prepares and publishes guidelines intended to guide its "members who are knowlegeable in the field of liquefied gas transport and storage." The letter also indicates that SIGTTO has no regulatory authority, and so its published guidelines are not "mandatory regulations" or "laws." Girdis mentions that Save Passamaquoddy Bay has brought up SIGTTO's terminal siting best safe practices several times in docket filings.
Webmaster's comment: Although Save Passamaquoddy Bay has never referred to SIGTTO as laws or regulations, Dean Girdis, himself, has. He did so in his comments in the 2006 Mar 9 Bangor Daily News article, "Regulators advance review process for LNG proposal." In that same article he falsely claimed that SIGTTO best practices do not apply to terminals.
Girdis revealed his lack of "knowledgeability" about his own industry's best safe practices when he selected is proposed terminal site.
Apparently, Save Passamaquoddy Bay has laid bare a Downeast LNG nerve.
See LNG Terminal Siting Standards Organization for more on SIGTTO and how Downeast LNG does not comply with its own industry's safety advice. Also, see Save Passamaquoddy Bay's extensive comment filing to the FERC prefiling process illustrating Downeast LNG's numerous SIGTTO best practices violations.
May 1
News Stories & Editorial > May 1
- Sabine Pass requests authorization to begin site preparation
- United States: FERC approves LNG export project (Apr 29)
- Cheniere Marketing files for re-export authority
- Aurora looks for acquisitions in Eagle Ford with low natural gas prices
- Frank C. Fisher weighs in on current oil, natural gas debate [Press release]
- US natural gas price nears $10 per barrel equivalence [Opinion column]
- Embracing the shale revolution [Op-ed]
- US Chemical Manufacturers’ group resists calls for limits on LNG exports: Platts Energy Week [Press release] (Apr 30)
Apr 30
News Releases > 2012 April > Save Passamaquoddy Bay
FERC > LNG Project Review Process > eLibrary Dockets > Formal Filing Docket Comment Submissions > Downeast LNG — CP07-52, CP07-53, CP07-54, CP07-55 > 2012 April
- Apr 30 —ENERGY PROJECTS, OFFICE OF [FERC] — Summary: The Biological Assessment (BA) was discussed. Atlantic sturgeon will be included in the assessment. The Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment (DPS) in freshwater extends eastward to Dennys Bay, which is outside the Downeast LNG project area. The DPS "includes wherever listed salmon occur in the marine and estuarine environment." Effects on right whale were discussed, and a new contact person in Gloucester, Massachusetts, will be identified. New species presence letters will be sought from Fisheries & Wildlife Service and from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Fisheries, due to the amount of time that has elapsed on this project.
News Stories & Editorial > Apr 30
Apr 28
TopNews Stories & Editorial > Apr 28
- Sierra Club says 'no' to LNG exports (Apr 27)
- Gas boom may stop at coast of Maryland (Apr 27)
- Sierra Club objects to Maryland LNG plans (Apr 27)
- Dominion gets customers for expansion (Apr 27)
- Sumitomo, Tokyo Gas secure US LNG from Dominion (Apr 27)
- Update 1-Sumitomo, Tokyo Gas in talks for U.S. LNG imports (Apr 27)
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