LNG Facilities Information

The staff at RodnReel is dedicated to providing both unbiased reporting and editorial comment regarding this issue.  We will gather all of the information that we generate and outside stories and news releases when we are given publication rights.

Here is our staff writer Al Rogers first story about the LNG Operations:

Click Here: Collateral Damage - LNG open loop terminals - Worth The Risk?

Here is Al Roger's Letter to the President of Shell:

Click Here: Dear Mr. Noojin, I am an outdoors writer and photographer who has covered fishing in south Louisiana for more than 15 years...

 

Feature Story: First Open Loop LNG Terminal Launched by Al Rogers - RodnReel

 

Feature Story: Gulf Landing may be only tip of an LNG iceberg

An Open Letter to Governor Blanco:  Feel free to copy this letter and modify it or send it as is with your name, full address, phone number and signature via fax:

 

Or you can download an Acrobat version of the letter.

 

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Office of the Governor
Attn: Constituent Services
P.O. Box 94004
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9004
Via FAX: (225) 342-7099

 

Dear Governor Blanco

I am a sportsman in Louisiana. I recall that you ran as "The Sportsmen's Governor". As a dedicated sportsman I am writing to ask for your support with an issue that is paramount importance to my family and me.

I am writing to ask you to veto any and all future LNG facilities off the coast of Louisiana that are using the open loop system, also known as open rack vaporizers (ORV).

I am asking you veto any and all future LNG "Open Loop Facilities". I am a responsible citizen and I want Louisiana to take the lead in helping with the expected natural gas shortage that may materialize in the future, but not at the expense of damage to our precious resource, marine life. One just needs to read the slogan on our Louisiana License Plate "Sportsman's Paradise" to find the culture and resource that needs your protection and the Sportsman's Governor.

Seven of the 22 LNG facilities proposed in the Gulf of Mexico intend to use an open loop system. One terminal alone could use up to 200 million gallons of Gulf water a day to "re-gasify" the natural gas. The drastic temperature change and physical damage caused by the process will destroy fish eggs and larva by the billions. For example, Shell's Gulf Landing facility could impact red drum in the Gulf by as much as the equivalent of 3.8% of Louisiana's annual landings according to the latest analysis.

The potential negative impact of open loop flow-through systems must be prevented. The devastating impacts to our marine resources are easily avoided by requiring LNG facilities to use closed loop systems. We need your support to protect the important marine resources in the Gulf of Mexico.

LNG Closed Loop Systems, the Sportsmen's choice and I hope the Sportsmen's Governors choice!

 

Sincerely,

Your Name
Your Street Address
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Editorial from Mike Lane