Wise approach to LNG: Be prepared
Coping with the recession has absorbed most people s energy for the past year, but looking beyond the immediate crisis is always smart. The city of Coos Bay is being prudently proactive by negotiating a financial relationship with the would-be develo...
 1.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 758.0 Coos Bay signs LNG pact
COOS BAY The city of Coos Bay isn t throwing its support behind the proposed liquefied natural gas terminal project, but it could benefit from it. The City Council voted 5-1 Tuesday to sign a deal with Jordan Cove Energy Project that would allow th...
2.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 833.0 Officials outline emergency plans for LNG terminal
Staff Reports Coos Bay officials haven t endorsed the local liquefied natural gas terminal project, but they have been working with the developer on emergency plans if the facility gets built. The Coos Bay City Council will discuss Tuesday whether to...
1.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 252.0 Port extends LNG land deal
COOS BAY ” Developers who d like to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay s North Spit have pushed back plans to start construction until spring 2011. The change in plans has led to an extension of land-purchase deals on the North...
3.1K - Nov. 1, 2009; scored 758.0 Port extends LNG land deal
COOS BAY Developers who d like to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay s North Spit have pushed back plans to start construction until spring 2011. The change in plans has led to an extension of land-purchase deals on the North Spit....
3.0K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 758.0 Port to discuss land deal for North Spit
Port officials have scheduled the second special meeting in as many weeks to discuss land deals on the North Spit. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay s commissioners have two possible property transaction proposals to consider, said Martin Cal...
0.9K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 63.0 Questions surface in Astoria LNG probe
ASTORIA (AP) When liquefied natural gas developer Peter Hansen met Port of Astoria Director Peter Gearin and marketing consultant Susan Trabucco in San Jose, Calif., in October 2004, there was a moment when Hansen thought the two might be more than...
6.6K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 547.0 Questions surface in Astoria LNG probe
ASTORIA (AP) When liquefied natural gas developer Peter Hansen met Port of Astoria Director Peter Gearin and marketing consultant Susan Trabucco in San Jose, Calif., in October 2004, there was a moment when Hansen thought the two might be more than...
6.6K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 547.0 Port's LNG site negotiations stall
COOS BAY Port officials agreed Thursday to move forward with plans to sell some property on the North Spit. More notable, perhaps, was the property transaction they all but ignored. The port commissioners agreed in principle to sell 30 acres of wet...
2.9K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 252.0 FERC tips favor toward Portland
The World nailed it in their recent editorial: FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, owes this community and the Jordan Cove Energy LNG and Pacific Connector developers, an answer; a simple YES or NO. The developers have jumped through all ...
2.5K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 99.0 Confusion delays LNG hearing
A federal official has offered one reason why local liquefied natural gas developers haven t received a hearing before federal regulators. The chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission remains silent on the matter, but a project manager in...
2.7K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 860.0 Time is ticking on LNG deal
Port officials are trying to hammer out a new deal with Jordan Cove Energy Project before existing land sale agreements expire later this year. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has scheduled a special meeting at 1:15 p.m. Thursday to conside...
1.8K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 705.0 AG criticizes Astoria port official's conduct
PORTLAND (AP) The Oregon attorney general s office said that in 2004 the Port of Astoria executive director improperly used his position to secure work for his girlfriend with a company hoping to build a liquefied natural gas terminal nearby. The a...
1.0K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 63.0 Jordan Cove EIS lacks analysis
FERC snubs Jordan Cove (The World, Oct. 12) was an article that detailed Federal Energy Regulatory Commission s refusal, for the third time, to initiate formal discussions of the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas proposal. It prompted a somewhat disi...
2.7K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 252.0 Port, Jordan Cove pressure FERC
Local port officials are calling on federal regulators to decide and soon whether to allow a liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay s North Spit. Lawyers for the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay submitted a letter to the Federal Energy R...
4.6K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 419.0 Port, Jordan Cove pressure FERC
Local port officials are calling on federal regulators to decide and soon whether to allow a liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay s North Spit. Lawyers for the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay submitted a letter to the Federal Energy R...
4.6K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 419.0 Grant could add cargo dock to LNG project
Port officials could have a greater stake in the liquefied natural gas project proposed for Coos Bay if a sizable federal grant comes their way. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has filed a $45.3 million application for a Transportation...
2.7K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 705.0 FERC owes Bay Area an answer
Federal energy officials need to fish, as the saying goes, or cut bait. After five years of argument, anticipation and anxiety, the Bay Area deserves a ruling on a liquefied natural gas terminal not perpetual, unexplained delay. The Federal Energy ...
2.1K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 454.0 FERC snubs Jordan Cove
COOS BAY The developers who d like to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos County won t get to take their application before federal regulators this month. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission meets Thursday, but Jordan Cove Energy Pr...
2.8K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 379.0 Port to hire new adviser
COOS BAY Port officials plan to hire a Georgia consulting firm to identify businesses that might be interested in the area if a liquefied natural gas terminal is built on Coos Bay s North Spit. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay commissioner...
2.0K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 379.0 | 
