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• FERC Denies WGL's Request for Rehearing in Cove Point LNG Pier Enhancement Proceeding

  Yesterday FERC issued an order denying a request for rehearing submitted by Washington Gas Light (WGL) in the Cove Point LNG Pier Enhancement proceeding. In its order, FERC addressed and dismissed all three allegations of error made…

• Analysts: More U.S. LNG Exports Unlikely

  Industry analysts have told Reuters that they believe it is not likely that the United States will export significant additional quantities of LNG in the coming years despite forecasts that U.S. gas supply will outpace domestic…

• Massachusetts Questions Weaver's Cove Analysis of Regional Gas Market

  The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources provided comments to FERC this week regarding a regional natural gas market study  submitted by Weaver's Cove Energy. The Department asserted "that it is unclear to what extent, if any,…

• Draft Supplemental EIS Available for TORP Bienville LNG Deepwater Port

  The Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced this morning in the Federal Register that the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement prepared for the TORP Bienville LNG deepwater port project is now available in the Regulations.gov system under…

• Federal Magistrate Recommends Partial Summary Judgment in Favor of Oregon LNG in Suit Against Port of Astoria

  Federal Magistrate Judge John Jelderks issued a recommendation this week to grant Oregon LNG's motion for partial summary judgment in the terminal developer's ongoing lawsuit against the Port of Astoria. Oregon LNG's lawsuit alleges that…

• Gaz Metro CEO: LNG Supply Agreement for Rabaska LNG “Unlikely in the Short Term”

  Sophie Brochu, CEO of Gaz Metro, told the Montreal Gazette that negotiations with Gazprom for LNG supply for the proposed Rabaska LNG import terminal have "slowed" and that "signing of an agreement is unlikely in…

• Atlantic LNG Surpassed 2008 LNG Production Goal

  In its first annual sustainability report, Atlantic LNG reports that it produced 775.1 TBtu of LNG in 2008, surpassing its goal of 769.87 TBtu. Read more in Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday.

• U.S. Trade Rep. Assures Congressman WTO Agreement Would Not Affect LNG Project Siting Authority

  The Herald News (Fall River, Mass.) reports that U.S. Trade Representative Ronald Kirk wrote a letter to Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) assuring him that a proposed agreement between the United States and the World Trade…

• Oregon LNG Files Minutes of Interagency Working Group Call

  Oregon LNG has filed with FERC the minutes from an interagency working group conference call that describes the status of the project and the working group participants. Find the filing in the FERC eLibrary under…

• FERC Provides Recommendations to Kenai LNG

  Following a visit to the Kenai LNG liquefaction facility last month, FERC has issued a list of five recommendations that should be addressed by the facility operator in future Semi-Annual Operating Reports if operations continue…