Category Archives: LNG

LNG trains to U.S. Gulf and East Coasts

August 18, 2015Florida, LNG, Louisiana, Maryland, TexasCameron Parish, Cheniere Energy, Corpus Christi, Cove Point, Florida, Freeport, Hackberry, John S. Quarterman, Kenai Alaska, LNG, Louisiana, lower 48, Maryland, Parallax Enterprises, Sabine Pass, sales and purchase agremeents, shal, SPA, SpectraBusters, TexasJohn S. Quarterman

If you had any doubt the fossil fuel industry wants to export fracked methane to China, India, Korea, Japan, etc., from everywhere it can, read this article about Cheniere Energy’s plans to export from Sabine Pass, Corpus Christi, and Freeport, Texas, from Cameron Parish and Hackberry, Louisiana, and from Cove Point, Maryland. “Train” as used here just means a method of shipment, apparently by pipeline.

Housley Carr, RBN Energy, 17 June 2015, Begin The Sabine—Delivering Gas To The Lower 48’s First LNG Export Terminal, Continue reading LNG trains to U.S. Gulf and East Coasts →

Fracking and pipeline bans start at the local level

July 15, 2015Fracking, Georgia, Jefferson County, LNG, New York, Pennsylvaniaban, Fracking, Georgia, Jefferson County, John S. Quarterman, Kinder Morgan, KMI, LNG, New York, ordinance, Palmetto Pipeline, Pennsylvania, pipeline, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

Local ordinances lead to state laws banning fracking and pipelines. And don’t forget Sabal Trail has to get permits from the Georgia Department of Transportation for road crossings and an air quality permit from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division for the Albany compressor station, or no pipeline. There is plenty local, state, and federal elected officials can do to stop this invading fracked methane destruction and hazard. Rev. Ezekiel Holly called on local officials to act. Here are some ways how.

How about a county ordinance rooted in the Comprehensive Plan? A local ordinance was used by Jefferson County, Florida to keep Nestle out of the same Floridan Aquifer. Local ordinances have been used in Pennsylvania to stop pipelines, and upheld by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Local ordinances were used across New York State to ban fracking, and upheld by the state Court of Appeals, until the state government finally took up the cause and banned fracking statewide.

Now New York state residents are saying Continue reading Fracking and pipeline bans start at the local level →

Sierra Club FERC comment submission form for Sabal Trail Albany Compressor

July 14, 2015Compressor, Dougherty County, Environment, FERC, Florida, Georgia, Hazards, LNG, Safety, WaterAlbany, compressor, Dougherty County, environment, FERC, Florida, Georgia, Hazards, Jerry Funderburk, John S. Quarterman, LNG, Roger Marietta, Safety, SpectraBusters, WaterJohn S. Quarterman

A FERC comment submission form appears along with a letter by Roger Marietta, Albany City Councilman, in the Georgia Sierra Club newsletter based on the recent Albany Herald silent protest story about Spectra Energy of Houston Texas’ invading Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline and its Albany compressor station. Excerpt:

It is clear that the Sabal Trail Pipeline will destroy our local environment, and is hazardous to private property, health, and the local economy. The evidence has shown that this massive pipeline is not needed; Continue reading Sierra Club FERC comment submission form for Sabal Trail Albany Compressor →

Spectra already lost at FERC once; could also lose at NRC

July 7, 2015FERC, Hazards, History, LNG, New York, Rhode Island, SafetyAIM, Algonquin Gas Transmission, Algonquin Incremental Market, earthquake, fault, FERC, fire, Hazards, History, Hudson River, Indian Point, John Peconom, John S. Quarterman, LNG, New York, NRC, nuclear, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, oil, Providence, Rhode Island, Safety, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

FERC previously denied a Spectra pipeline, and now the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) may prevent one. After three months of asking, John Peconom of FERC divulged how many pipelines FERC had ever denied: two, of which one was for a pipeline from an LNG site in Providence, Rhode Island, proposed by KeySpan LNG, L.P. and Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC, and denied by FERC 5 July 2005. According to Spectra Energy:

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A pipeline partner admits LNG export is possible

June 28, 2015FERC, Florida, LNG, Martin County, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West VirginiaEQT Midstream Partners, FERC, Florida, Florida Southeast Connection, Hillabee Expansion Project, India, John S. Quarterman, LNG, Martin County, Mountain Valley Pipeline, NextEra Energy, Pennsylvania, Sabal Trail Transmission, SpectraBusters, T. Boone Pickens, Transco, Virginia, West Virginia, WGL Midstream, Williams CompanyJohn S. Quarterman

FERC had been saying no LNG export, yet the pipeline partners said a year ago in their Open Season: “as well as deliveries to Cove Point LNG”. NextEra, co-owner of Sabal Trail Transmission, is one of the Mountain Valley Pipeline partners. Sabal Trail and FERC have told us Sabal Trail is not for LNG export, yet they never told us about an already-approved LNG export license right where the Sabal Trail pipeline chain goes in Florida.

Duncan Adams, Roanoke Times, 25 June 2015, Mountain Valley Pipeline partner says operation could be used for exports,

A partner in the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline confirmed this week that natural gas transported by the pipeline could be one supply source for liquefied natural gas bound for India.

The news comes after Paul Friedman, a project manager for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, repeatedly — and publicly — dismissed concerns last month from pipeline opponents that natural gas transported through the pipeline would be exported.

WGL Midstream has a Continue reading A pipeline partner admits LNG export is possible →

Call your Senators against TPP today

June 24, 2015Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LNGBill Nelson, David Perdue, Fast Track Trade Promotion Authority, Jeff Sessions, John S. Quarterman, Johnny Isakson, LNG, Marco Rubio, Richard Shelby, Senate, SpectraBusters, TPA, TPP, Trans-Pacific PartnershipJohn S. Quarterman

Turn one vote and actual approval of TPP will fail, because the pro-LNG-export pro-fracking pro-pipeline Trans-Pacific Partnership got Fast Track Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) in the U.S. Senate yesterday “by the narrowest margin in the legislative mechanism’s history, 60-37. The procedural measure required 60 votes to pass.” So it’s time to call Florida Senator Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio (who apparently didn’t even read it), Georgia Senator David Perdue who claimed he wanted transparency and Johnny Isakson who should represent the people of Georgia, and all the other Senators who voted for that corporate power grab.

The most likely votes to turn are the Democrats who voted for. Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch, 23 June 2015, Blog Posts: Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP),

The 13 corporate trade backers included: Senators… Bill Nelson (D-Florida)….

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FERC Connection with Spectra Energy & The Plan To Export Fracked Gas Via Sabal Trail Pipeline

June 8, 2015FERC, LNGDebra Johnson

Susan Waller is vice president of stakeholder outreach and sustainability for Spectra Energy Corp. Spectra Energy is the Houston based company that is installing and planning various fracked gas pipelines across the USA for export to other countries. This includes the regional Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC owned by Spectra Energy,
NextEra (FPL), and Duke Energy. These utility companies, are invested in fracking, and plan to run a pipeline 500 miles beginning in in Alabama, through Georgia, and ending in Florida near export terminals already permitted and ready to go.

See the statement below from Spectra CEO.
Continue reading FERC Connection with Spectra Energy & The Plan To Export Fracked Gas Via Sabal Trail Pipeline →

Oregon citizen bursts pipeline company talking points

May 26, 2015Economy, Environment, LNG, Oregon, Solar, WaterEconomy, eminent domain, environment, John S. Quarterman, Kinder Morgan, LNG, LNG export, Oregon, Pacific Connector, Palmetto Project, pollution, property rights, solar, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Water, Williams Company, windJohn S. Quarterman

An Oregonian thoroughly explodes the standard pipeline script:

“I guess we could stand having a 232-mile IED in our backyard if it is really benefits the public. But who, exactly, is the public here?”

His Canadian pipeline moguls are actually both from Houston, Texas: Williams Company with its Washington Expansion Project (WEP) getting its fracked methane from Spectra Energy’s Westcoast Pipeline. Oh, this is another Williams pipeline: Pacific Connector, going to the same Jordan Cover LNG export terminal as WEP. The same Williams Company of Transco’s Hillabee Expansion Project to feed Spectra Energy’s Sabal Trail pipeline. The same Sabal Trail that’s suing a Georgia Centennial Family Farm tomorrow in Moultrie, Georgia. All the pipeline companies seem to follow the same script, including Kinder Morgan for its Palmetto Pipeline. And this Oregonian answered for all of us facing pipeline invaders.

Diarmuid McGuire, Ashland Daily Tidings, 22 January 2015, Guest Opinion: We’re Oregonians, but we’re not stupid, Continue reading Oregon citizen bursts pipeline company talking points →

USA Today – Gas Pipeline Companies Feel the Heat of Opposition

May 18, 2015Economy, Law, LNG, PoliticsAmerica's Natural Gas Alliance, Atlantic Coast Pipeline, FERC, LNG export, LNG pipeline industry, pipeline opposition, protestDebra Johnson

As reported in mainstream media outlet USA Today, opposition to LNG pipelines is causing the natural gas pipeline industry headaches.

Industry executives say they need additional laws to allow them to gouge pipelines across our water and property so that they may export their gas to other countries solely profiting their industry. There is no public necessity and/or need for these pipelines.

To quote Diane Leopold, the president of Dominion Energy, Continue reading USA Today – Gas Pipeline Companies Feel the Heat of Opposition →

Help Brownsville, Texas fend off five LNG projects

May 17, 2015Cameron County, LNG, Solar, TexasAnnova LNG, Barca LNG, battery, Boca Chica, Brownsville, EOS LNG, Gulf Coast LNG, John S. Quarterman, Kingsville, LNG, Next Decade LNG, Raymondville, Rio Grande LNG, solar, South Padre Island, SpaceX, SpectraBusters, storage, Tesla, Texas, Texas LNGJohn S. Quarterman

Houston is also invading Texas with LNG export projects and their pipelines, five of them at the mouth of the Rio Grande next to spring break resort South Padre Island. Help stop those, and help stop all LNG export boondoggles everywhere.

John Young, 16 May 2015, comment on Texas,

5 LNG export operations are targeting the Port of Brownsville, next door to South Padre Island. 2 have recently had Open Houses here (Annova LNG & Texas LNG) and a third, Rio Grande LNG (www.riograndelng.com), has three Open Houses planned this coming week (Kingsville Tue 05-19; Raymondville Wed 05-20; & Brownsville Thur 05-21-2015): http://www.valleymorningstar.com/news/local_news/article_397be0b6-faaf-11e4-bfe2-c75ef8558c93.html.

See our saveRGVfromLNG Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Question-Port-of-Brownsville-LNG/806304399382328

Anything you can do to help Continue reading Help Brownsville, Texas fend off five LNG projects →