Sentences with phrase «liquefied natural gas»

Japan provides even more for oil and gas projects, which include financing of liquefied natural gas projects in the United States, including in Louisiana and Texas, and Indonesia.

Demand for natural gas is on the rise as more domestic power plants burn the fuel and a number of liquefied natural gas export terminals are slated to open in the coming years.

Yet the risk of a spill from the pipeline itself or from tankers offshore is overwhelmingly borne by B.C. Short of sharing royalty revenues with B.C. — note how both the B.C. Liberals and their NDP opponents support plans for liquefied natural gas terminals, which would boost gas revenues in B.C. — there's no way for Alberta or an Albertan prime minister to bring B.C. onside.

The Montney shale region in northeastern British Columbia contains trillions of cubic feet of natural gas and is one of the main sources of supply for a handful of liquefied natural gas plants planned in the province.

Dirty energy lobbyists, including those of Chevron, could effectively use hypothetical arguments of TTIP illegality to chill government action on both sides of the Atlantic to curtail hydraulic «fracking» for natural gas, deny permits for liquefied natural gas export terminals, close coal - fired power plants, and prohibit new coal mining, oil drilling, and oil / gas pipeline operations, among others.

Policymakers worried the country was facing a natural gas supply crunch and encouraged the construction of facilities to import liquefied natural gas from abroad.

The motivation for such efforts appeared to be the increase in exports of liquefied natural gas from the United States, a challenge to Russian dominance in European markets.

Officials in New York state are giving the public another month to weigh in on a proposal to allow new liquefied natural gas facilities in the state for the first time in 40 years.

Without nuclear power, Japan has relied on liquefied natural gas imports, which impose higher costs on households and industry and weaken the yen's value.

New Democrat Leader John Horgan explains how the Liberal government promised the cleanest liquefied natural gas industry in the world, but are ignoring 70 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions from the production.

The building liquefied natural gas boom faces some of the same problems.

Greens and Chevron set to face off over Gorgon vision Chevron is set for fresh battles with WA's powerful green lobby group after the US giant said yesterday it wanted to nearly double the size of the $ 50 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas project on environmentally fragile Barrow Island off WA's North West.

The problem cropped up shortly after Exxon signed a contract with the Indonesian state oil company to exploit the Natuna gas field in the South China Sea — big enough to supply the blossoming markets of Japan, Taiwan and Korea with liquefied natural gas into the 21st century.

Democratic candidate Cynthia Nixon visited the Finger Lakes to voice her opposition to a controversial proposed liquefied natural gas plant on Seneca Lake.

India's domestic natural - gas reserves are small, and imports have been limited by the expense of shipping liquefied natural gas by tanker.

But because wood burning is seen as outdated and environmentally unfriendly, governments have tried to persuade their citizens to use other fuels, such as liquefied natural gas and electricity.

The company is Virginia's largest carbon polluter and has plans to build a large liquefied natural gas export facility in Maryland and a huge pipeline across Virginia.

Energy companies are also seeking new liquefied natural gas terminals for export to global markets where they can demand higher prices for LNG — a far more potent contributor to global warming than ordinary natural gas.

Within that context, Shell's recent $ 70 - billion takeover of BG Group, the world's largest liquefied natural gas supplier, makes a whole lot of sense.

Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke has given environmental approval for Shell's Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Project in the Browse Basin with strict conditions.

Meanwhile, numerous industry efforts are underway to further exploit stressed public lands and perpetuate fossil - fuel dependence through the extraction of coal, oil and gas, oil shale and tar sands, and liquefied natural gas development — as well as uranium mining and milling and the construction of energy corridors and long - distance electric transmission lines.

A bipartisan push for stepped - up natural gas production and export, via hydrofracking and more liquefied natural gas export terminals, was evident at a recent hearing held by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

BEIJING / LONDON, May 3 - Exxon Mobil is pushing ahead with efforts to develop its $ 15 billion Far East Liquefied Natural Gas project with Russia's Rosneft despite being forced to exit some joint ventures due to Western sanctions.

West Perth - based Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd has tapped investors for a $ 174 million capital raising to fund ongoing development of its two North American LNG projects.

The state has had a de facto ban on the new construction of liquefied natural gas storage facilities for about 40 years, after a Staten Island facility exploded and killed 40 people.

The force behind the boom is a rapidly developing liquefied natural gas sector.

Pruitt traveled to Morocco to tout U.S. liquefied natural gas last December, though the Department of Energy — not the EPA — plays the major federal role overseeing LNG exports.

Negative consequences of the Nigeria liquefied natural gas on households in bonny local government area.

Created in 2005 to handle Qatar's windfall from liquefied natural gas sales, of which it is the world's biggest exporter, the QIA and other Qatari investors have amassed holdings in Hollywood, New York office space, London residential property, luxury Italian fashion and even a soccer team.

Investors dumped Woodside Petroleum shares today after it revised up construction costs and cut full year production guidance due to further delays in the shipment of first liquefied natural gas from its Pluto project.

B.C. will get its first LNG Plant: In February, British Columbia will unveil its tax and royalties structure for liquefied natural gas producers.

The deal is part of the B.C. government's natural gas strategy launched last year that would see three plants built on the coast to develop liquefied natural gas for export to Asia.

For his part, Deutch sits on the board of Cheniere Energy, which owns liquefied natural gas import terminals on the Gulf Coast, and used to sit on the board of oil services giant Schlumberger.

Hart's individual lobbying clients include liquefied natural gas exporter Cheniere Energy Inc..

US$ 5bn Queensland Curtis liquefied natural gas pipeline sale to APA, Australia's largest gas infrastructure business; and

Ambrose liquefied natural gas facility off of Long Island.

The excess cost of a dedicated compressed natural gas vehicle, a dedicated liquefied natural gas vehicle or a bi-fuel vehicle, over the price for a gasoline or diesel fuel motor vehicle of a similar model.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to suspend the proposed sale of Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG).

More than 50 state legislators wrote to Cuomo, urging him to veto Port Ambrose, the controversial liquefied natural gas facility planned for off the coast of Long Island.

State - owned Sinopec has signed a 20 - year contract with Exxon Mobil to buy liquefied natural gas from Papua New Guinea.

Expanded Gorgon cost to hit $ 50bn, Barnett claims The cost of the massive Gorgon liquefied natural gas venture is thought to have ballooned to as much as $ US32 billion ($ 50 billion) after Premier Colin Barnett yesterday labelled it one of the key projects that could help WA weather the global financial crisis.

Had the deal closed, the sale of a half - interest in the Cutbank Ridge shale gas play would have been the largest investment of any kind by a Chinese state - controlled firm in Canada and the biggest reason to expect to see Asia - bound liquefied natural gas tankers docking on the West Coast in the not - too - distant future.

The Seattle - based company has developed a process to capture methane gas, purify it, and convert it into liquefied natural gas, or LNG, which can be used to power buses.

Engineering and construction contractor Decmil Group has won another extension to its contract for work at QGC's Queensland Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas project in Gladstone, worth about $ 35 million.

Energy giant Woodside Petroleum has signed a project development agreement with US - based Sempra Energy for a potential liquefied natural gas plant in Texas.

The lawyer said in his suit that Buhari planned to sell national assets such as the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the Port Harcourt Refining Group Ltd, the Kaduna Refining Group Ltd, the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Ltd, the Africa Finance Corporation, the East West Rail Lines and the West African Gas Pipelines.

WOODSIDE Petroleum is expected to reveal the full extent of cost overruns and delays at its crucial $ 13 billion Pluto liquefied natural gas project by early next week.