Maine's Calais LNG loses its No. 1 financial backer
Quentin Casey, Telegraph-Journal (Nt. John, NB), July 23, 1010
The main financial backer of a plan to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Calais, Maine is stepping away from the controversial project.
Rumored BP sale raises concerns
Bill Walker, Alaska Dispatch, July 16, 2010
It is being widely reported that various companies are considering acquiring BP.
Companies make case for more time to ship LNG
By ERIC LIDJI, Anchorage Daily News, June 20th, 2010
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The owners of the liquefied natural gas facility in Nikiski have formally asked the U.S. Department of Energy for more time to ship Alaska LNG to markets overseas.
EOG buys 49% stake in Kitimat LNG facility
By Dan Healing, Calgary Herald, May 19, 2010
U.S. firms unite to build B.C. export terminal
Canada's first liquefied natural gas export terminal will be owned by two major American energy companies after Houstonbased EOG Resources Inc. announced it is buying the parent company of Kitimat LNG Inc.
Remaining LNG projects in Oregon face uphill fight
By Ted Sickinger, The Oregonian, May 08, 2010
When NorthernStar Natural Gas suspended development last week of the Bradwood Landing LNG terminal on the lower Columbia River, the company blamed the project's demise on death by bureaucracy.
Launching Of OPEC-Like Gas Cartel Premature - Algeria
Eurasia Review, April 19, 2010
Algerian Minister of Energy and Mining Chakib Khalil said on Monday that it was premature for the gas exporting countries to launch a cartel along the same lines of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Bill would give states control over LNG ports
By JEFF BARNARD, Associated Press, March 2, 2010
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Senators from Oregon and Washington have joined with East Coast counterparts to file a bill in Congress that would return control over liquefied natural gas ports to the states.
NOAA Fisheries drops appeal of LNG Port
By JEFF BARNARD, AP Environmental Writer, The Olympian, February 16, 2010
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The Obama administration won't be appealing federal approval of a liquefied natural gas port on the lower Columbia River.
Newest FERC member tips hand
By Alexander Rich, The World (Coos Bay, OR), February 10, 2010
The newest member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hasn't said what he thinks of Coos Bay's liquefied natural gas project, but his comments suggest he may agree with the majority that approved it.
Oregon gas terminals' futures hang on global supplies
By Ted Sickinger, The Oregonian, January 23, 2010
Five years after energy developers started sniffing around Oregon as a likely spot to build an import terminal for liquefied natural gas, the air has come flooding out of the gas market like a whoopee cushion, making such proposals sound economically reckless.
Apache buys into Kitimat LNG
By Dan Healing, Calgary Herald, January 14, 2010
Apache Corp., the U.S. energy company partnered with EnCana Corp. to explore for gas in northeastern B.C., is buying a controlling stake in a proposed liquefied natural gas export terminal on the B.C. coast.
Teekay and Merrill Lynch agree to develop Kitimat FLNG
News Release, TeeKay Corp., March 12, 2009
Hamilton, Bermuda, March 12, 2009 - Teekay Corporation (“Teekay”) today announced an agreement with Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc. to jointly develop a project to convert the S/S Arctic Spirit (the “Vessel”) into a floating liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) plant to be moored alongside a pier near Kitimat, British Columbia. Teekay LNG Partners L.P. will have an option to participate in the project as well.
