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 255.0 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 350.0 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 143.0 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 286.0 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 286.0 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 350.0 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 350.0 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 385.0 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 184.0 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 143.0 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 277.0 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 277.0 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 184.0 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 257.0 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 213.0 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 255.0 Deadline extended for LNG comments
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland District is giving people more time to comment on the waterway aspect of the proposed liquefied natural gas pipeline at Coos Bay. The deadline now will be Dec. 27. The agency is taking comments on the applic...
1.7K - Sep. 29, 2009; scored 143.0 County OK's flooding Kentuck Golf Course
COQUILLE - Developers of a local liquefied natural gas terminal have cleared another hurdle in addressing environmental concerns, as they try to move forward with the project. The Coos County Commissioners approved a zone change Tuesday for the Kentu...
5.0K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 298.0 Port seeks golf course zoning change
Coos County s commissioners will have another chance to vote on one aspect of the local liquefied natural gas project. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has filed an application with Coos County to change the zoning of the Kentuck Golf Course...
3.2K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 255.0 FERC snubs Jordan Cove
Federal officials won t be talking about a proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos County when they meet next week. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released an agenda for its Sept. 17 meeting Thursday and Jordan Cove Energ...
2.6K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 255.0 | 
