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Sempra gets go ahead for LNG plant
Boy, the governor of Baja California sure sounds like a real diplomat with that "little flowers" comment....- Stephanie
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20030819-9999_1n19...
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And Royal Dutch/Shell received two permits the following day....
http://eastbay.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2003/08/18/da...
Mexico OKs 3 more LNG terminals; Shell to build 2
The Mexican government has approved three new liquefied natural gas terminals that could help increase natural gas and electricity supplies on both
sides of the border.
Two of the plants will be built by Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Cos., whose proposal to build the United States' largest LNG terminal and a 600-megawatt
power plant on Vallejo's Mare Island was scuttled in March by city and residents' opposition.
LNG is becoming an increasingly important source of natural gas for North America as economic and environmental restrictions make it more difficult to
extract remaining supplies from fields in the United States and Canada. The push for increased LNG imports comes as federal government statistics
project that demand is exceeding supply by 1.8 percent annually.
In Mexico, the government's energy regulatory commission has granted a permit to Shell for a $747 million terminal complex in Baja California that
will supply 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas daily when it goes on line in 2007, and a $370 million project on the Gulf coast, supplying power
plants in northeastern Mexico, when it goes into operation in late 2006, according to media reports. Shell is the world's largest LNG producer. Shell,
also one of the world's largest petroleum producers, refiners and marketers, owns the East Bay's Martinez refinery.
The government also approved Sempra Energy's Energia Costa Azul project near Ensenada, which will supply 1 billion cubic feet per day when it goes on
line in 2007. San Diego-based Sempra also is building the first new U.S. terminal in two decades, a $700 million facility on the Calcasieu River in
Louisiana that will provide 1.5 billion cubic feet per day.
In April, Mexico approved Marathon Oil Corp.'s plan for an LNG terminal near Tijuana.
LNG and power plants are being built in Mexico to initially supply that nation's growing population and industrial base. But as environmental
restrictions make it increasingly tougher to site new plants in California, more companies are looking to build in Mexico and export north via
pipelines and power lines.
One exception is the Australian resources giant BHP Billiton LTD, which earlier this week announced plans for a $600 million floating LNG terminal,
21.5 miles off the coast from Oxnard, to supply 15 percent of California's annual natural gas demand.
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MEXICO CITY, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Global oil major Royal Dutch/Shell Group (SHEL.L) (RD.AS) said on Tuesday it has received two permits from Mexico's
energy regulator to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants on Mexico's Pacific and Gulf coasts.
That brings to four the number of permits issued by the Comision Reguladora de Energia (CRE) for LNG terminals in Mexico, which are aimed at meeting
rising demand for natural gas in Mexico and across the border in the United States.
The CRE said on Monday it had awarded a permit to Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE - news) to build an LNG import terminal in Baja California, northern Mexico,
that would supply U.S. and Mexican markets with some 1.0 billion cubic feet per day (Bcfd) of gas.
Houston-based Marathon Oil Corp. (NYSE:MRO - news) in April became the first company to obtain a CRE permit for an LNG terminal, also in Baja
California, with a send-out capacity of 750 million cubic feet per day (MMcfd).
LNG is natural gas condensed at very low temperatures into liquid form for shipment from isolated production centers to commercial markets. Once in
Mexico the LNG would be turned back into gaseous form for delivery to power plants and other large industrial gas consumers.
Mexican energy authorities estimate that natural gas demand will grow at an annual rate of 7 percent to 8 percent between 2002 and 2011 due to an
increase in demand for natural gas for power generation and industrial use.
Despite possessing substantial reserves, Mexico's natural gas production has been unable to keep up with demand. Mexico produces around 4.5 Bcfd and
the nation imported on average 733 MMcfd of natural gas in the first seven months of this year.
Companies wishing to build LNG terminals in Mexico must obtain at least three key permits -- one from the CRE, an environmental permit and a permit
for land use.
Shell spokeswoman Barbara Blakely told Reuters that in addition to the CRE permit, Shell has obtained an environmental permit for regasification at a
proposed 1.3 Bcfd LNG facility in Baja California but is still awaiting environmental approval to build pipelines to transport the gas and a land use
permit from local authorities.
Blakely said the company expects to obtain the outstanding permits in coming weeks. Building would begin in 2004 with a view to starting operations in
2007.
Shell is in talks with various providers in Russia, Australia and Malaysia, Blakely said.
Shell's other CRE permit is for a 500 MMcfd LNG plant at Altamira on the Mexican Gulf Coast. However, that project is contingent on Shell winning a
tender from the Federal Electricity Commission that opened on Monday, Blakely said.
The CRE has said it sees capacity for four LNG terminals in Mexico.
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We the residents of northern Baja are FURIOUS!!!! with our state and local goverments, they LIED to us big time by saying that they where not going to
give those permits to those plants, and as soon as elections are over and they win, they betray us and change their position.
HEAR THIS, I PREDICT THE PAN PARTY TO START LOSING ELECTIONS IN BAJA FROM NOW ON, people are fed up and after all my life as a Panista i will now
vote for who ever is against them.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!! 
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Sounds like the bread and circus part is over all over Baja. The nautical ladder has quietly begun as well. - Stephanie
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Jesse, my politically connected friends here tell me that Obrador, if he runs, will win. First PAN- now PRD. PRI may wind up running Mexico again by
default. What do you think?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
Jesse, my politically connected friends here tell me that Obrador, if he runs, will win. First PAN- now PRD. PRI may wind up running Mexico again by
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Dave,
The election is hard to predict at this point, i see the PAN losing many more elections and unless a miracle happens, the presidency is also on its
way to some other party's hands. Lopez Obrador is very strong in central Mexico, but very weak in the north where people can see his populist style a
mile away, i don't think the PRD can win, if Vicente Fox's goverment keeps screwing up big time as it is doing now, they will most likely lose the
elections to the PRI.
I just can't believe how messed up the Fox administration is, its almost ridiculous, he should be called Vicente Davis.
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That is a dam shame because at least mordida situation seemed to be getting better. What I have noticed is that the list of ornery hacienda and govt
edicts to small buisness owners has grown and is gettin a little out of hand
"Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked of such a thing."
Dwight David Eisenhower
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". What I have noticed is that the list of ornery hacienda and govt edicts to small buisness owners has grown and is gettin a little out of hand"
Max, It's been my experience that compared to the IRS the Mexican tax code and hacienda enforcement, or lack thereof, makes for a VERY friendly
business environment. The labor laws however are a disaster. I haven't noticed an increase in regs, just the opposite. What specifically are you
referring to?
By the way, welcome back!
Jesse, by "populist" I suppose you mean socialist?
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well having to file monthly instead of quarterly.
Having to file electronically instead of at the bank which means giving my accountant the pin to the account (shudder) or setting up a separate
account with all its attendant fees and minimums. Those are my two biggest peeves lately.
oh I almost forgot the myriad permits you have to remember to renew every year on the local, state and federal level.
Thank god they got rid of that 10% luxury tax or whatever it was called,,, what a nightmare that was I had to bring my cedula around with me to
restaurants to avoid it on alcohol and I always had to argue it with the manager
oh wait what about the no reimbursement for business meals close to your house I forget what the exact mileage figure was that my accountant told me
but it was ridiculous.
there's more but I can't think of them right now.
hummm and I certainly have not experienced a lack of enforcement but then again maybe it's because I am a wholly foreigned owned corp
[Edited on 27-8-2003 by Bajabus]
"Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked of such a thing."
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Well, all the regs you quote were there when we came "on board" so I wouldn't have noticed the difference, sorry.
Regarding the added 10%... most of the restaurants here STILL collect them LOL. And the next time you order food...tell them it's to go. See if you
can avoid paying tax. You're supposed to!
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well don't feel left out I'm sure they will add more and u2 can remember the "old" days 
"Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked of such a thing."
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Residents sign a petition at a public forum against development of a liquid natural gas facility in Rosarito Beach, Mexico on Tuesday, August 26,
2003. The regasification facility proposed by Marathon Oil would sit on the coast less than a mile from residential areas in Tijuana. (AP Photo/David
Maung)
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Marisa de Arce and her husband Ricardo Arce participate in a protest against a proposed liquefied natural gas re-gasification plant by the Marathon
Oil company in the La Joya site and the Playas de Tijuana neighborhood on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003. About 50 residents turned out for the protest, held
at the entrance to the proposed site The sign on the car reads 'Marathon Oil Out of Playas de Tijuana!.' (AP Photo/David Maung)
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Marathon sucks!!!
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It warms my heart to see Mexicans being active.
I don't mean to sound maternalistic, but the system in Mexico is so efficient at cowing people into silence, that when someone stands up to be
counted, I give even more credit than to an American activist.
More power to the Arces in this fight. They won't win, but they can tell the grand kids they at least fought the good fight. - Stephanie
When the goin' gets tough, the wierd turn pro
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Shell, Sempra team up
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/24/1071941756578.html
December 24, 2003
Australia's ability to sell gas to the United States got a boost on Tuesday with the announcement that two American oil companies had joined forces to
build, own and operate an LNG receiving terminal in Mexico.
Shell International Gas Ltd and Sempra Energy LNG Corp said on Tuesday they intend to form a 50/50 joint venture for the project.
Shell Development Australia chief operating officer Chris Gunner said the alliance put Australian gas on track to reach the highly competitive West
Coast North American market.
"The North American market, one of the largest energy markets in the world, is experiencing strong demand, declining domestic gas production and low
gas inventories, so LNG imports into North America are set to grow," Mr Gunner said.
"A West Coast terminal would provide Australian gas with a significant new LNG market opportunity."
Under the proposed alliance, Shell and Sempra Energy will share the investment costs of the terminal equally with each group to take 50 per cent of
the capacity in the terminal.
Approximately 500 million cubic feet per day of natural gas from the terminal will be used to meet energy demands in western Mexico.
Any surplus gas from the facility will be used to provide new gas supplies for southwestern United States.
The proposed joint venture will combine the two separate Baja California LNG receiving terminals proposed by Shell and Sempra Energy into a single
project, significantly reducing the impact on the local environment.
It is expected that construction will begin in mid-2004 with terminal operations beginning in 2007
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20031223-9999_1b...
Royal Dutch/Shell will co-own Baja terminal
By Craig D. Rose
December 23, 2003
Sempra Energy yesterday eliminated a potential competitor in the race to build liquefied natural gas receiving terminals in Baja California by
reaching a joint venture agreement to complete its previously announced $600 million project with Royal Dutch/Shell.
Along with announcing the 50-50 agreement, Shell said it was dropping a competing proposal to build a similar terminal near the site of the joint
venture. The site is about 14 miles north of Ensenada in Costa Azul on Baja's west coast.
The Sempra/Shell terminal will be able to supply 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day, of which about half will be used to meet growing demand in
western Mexico, Shell and San Diego-based Sempra said in a statement. The rest will be sold in the southwestern United States.
Construction is set to begin next year and completed by 2007.
"The decision to combine and develop a single successful project in Baja California blends the permitting, technical and logistical expertise required
to get this project underway," Donald Felsinger, head of Sempra's nonutility energy businesses, said in a statement.
U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said last week that more than $100 billion needs to be invested in LNG projects to meet the nation's energy
needs by 2025. Exxon Mobil Corp., Sempra and ChevronTexaco Corp. expect to lead a building spree of terminals to make up a supply gap as demand and
prices rise, energy executives said.
In San Diego's border region, natural gas demand is expected to grow quickly and suppliers are scurrying to bolster their infrastructure to satisfy
the demand.
Sempra, the parent company of San Diego Gas & Electric and the nation's largest natural gas distributor, has completed a gas-fueled electric
generating plant in Mexcali, as well as a gas distribution system for homes and businesses in that city.
Along Baja's west coast, both Marathon and ChevronTexaco continue to pursue LNG terminal projects. Marathon's project is land-based, as is Sempra's,
but ChevronTexaco is proposing to build its terminal several miles offshore to allay concerns of possible hazards from LNG, which is potentially
explosive.
A sorting-out process likely lies ahead, experts say.
"All the LNG terminals proposed in North America aren't going to happen, and there's going to be more consolidation because no one company has
everything it takes," said Robert L. Christensen, an energy analyst at Buckingham Research Group. "Shell brings to the project the resources, the
transportation and the financing, and Sempra has the local markets."
Shell, Europe's second-largest oil company, and Sempra will share investment costs equally and each have 50 percent of the terminal's capacity. The
companies had already obtained permits for terminals in the area.
The joint project would eliminate duplication of pipelines and docks and reduce dredging, Shell spokesman Barbara Blakely said. She added that the
joint venture project has the potential for expansion.
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Shell is not an American company.
I think the previous post cleared that up with the full name 'Royal Dutch Shell'. But since so many are quick to trash American corporations, it sould
be clear the Netherlands (Holland) is also involved.
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