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NATS has assembled a list of 73 LNG regasification terminals, including existing terminals, announced over the past few years planned in North America. This includes terminals on-shore and off-shore, in the continental United States as well as in Canada, Mexico and the Bahamas. Information has been gathered from press releases, government sources, web sites and proprietary research. NATS has spoken with a number of the development executives who are building these terminals as part of the information gathering process.
Also, NATS covers 49 liquefaction terminals in the world. For the next three to four years, regasification terminal operators will find it difficult to lock up the long term LNG supplies they will need to finance terminal projects. NATS discusses LNG supply issues and presents data on each of 49 liquefaction facilities.
NATS is "must reading" for those who wish to understand and follow this important new trend in the US natural gas business.
The development situation is highly fluid. Of the 66 tabulated new LNG regasification terminal projects on the list, many will never be built. Some face extreme public antipathy, some face difficult economic or physical barriers, and some are taking on significant technological risk. Some have already been dropped or delayed. PEEL presents information to let the reader make some judgements about each project: when and how likely. NATS also comments on the development and marketing strategies of many of these projects. NATS also looks at the development strategies, the business models being used and the issues that are developing over the siting of the new terminals.
NATS includes an examination of the strengths and weaknesses of the more advanced development projects.
The technology for receiving, storing and regasifying LNG is also undergoing some interesting evolution. NATS describes some of the more interesting and innovative of the projects. Again, some of the new technologies may be brilliant successes, others may be miserable failures. The survey makes no predictions about the technologies, but the reader of NATS can make some assessments of his own.
The existing continental US seaside terminals are listed in the survey. Five were built during the previous (late 1970s) LNG boom, but only four presently accept seaborne cargos, the fifth has filed a permit application to do so, which has been rejected. A sixth existing terminal is a recent addition to the list: the Gulf Gateway facility in the Gulf of Mexico was commissioned in March 2005. NATS also lists an existing terminal in Puerto Rico.
The North American Terminal Survey (NATS) for LNG Fact Sheets present:
NATS is continually updated, with new versions of NATS fact sheets available online for subscribers for a period of one year from date of initial subscription at no additional cost. NATS also provides subscribers with news analyses of important events and developments regarding LNG.
The Weekly Data Pack Report focuses on the Atlantic Basin LNG markets. Specifically it includes the following charts:
The Weekly Data Pack Report also includes our analysis of the week's activities and comments on important events and situations.
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