(July 20, 2004) -- With Long Beach officials currently considering a proposal by a Mitsubishi subsidiary to build and operate a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility in the Port of Long Beach (roughy two miles from LB's downtown civic center), LBReport.com finds newsworthy the story below published by www.intelligencepress.com.

We post its salient text below with permission of www.intelligencepress.com.

[begin text]

	www.intelligencepress.com
NGI's Daily Gas Price Index published : July 1, 2004 Distrigas to Interrupt LNG Deliveries During Week of Democratic Convention Liquefied natural gas (LNG) will not be delivered to Distrigas of Massachusetts' terminal in Everett, MA, during the week of July 26 to accommodate the extra security precautions that are being taken for the Democratic National Convention in Boston, but it isn't expected to pose a supply problem in the Northeast, a Distrigas official said. "We foresee no situation where we won't be able to meet customer contracts," Doug Bailey, spokesman for Distrigas, a subsidiary of Tractebel LNG NA, told NGI. This will not mean any less gas coming into the Northeast to meet the peak summer gas load, he noted. LNG vessels will not be the only ones disrupted. The U.S. Coast Guard will conduct random boat searches, place city tour boats and VIP vessels under armed escort, and will board large freighters before they enter Boston Harbor during next month's Democratic convention, according to an article in The Boston Globe. Part of the Charles River also will be closed, and highway and train traffic will be restricted. It's estimated that some 600 Coast Guard personnel will be deployed in boats, helicopters and on land to enforce these and other restrictions, it said. "We adjusted our delivery schedule" so as to not "further tax" the security concerns of the city of Boston and those who will be attending the convention, Bailey said... "No one asked us to adjust our schedule," he said. But "we've alerted the Coast Guard about what we thought [the] schedule should be. They are aware of our plans." Bailey noted on average one LNG tanker arrives at the Distrigas terminal each week. In addition to the interruption during the week of the convention, he said Distrigas does not bring tankers through Boston Harbor during the July 4th holiday. Still, he noted that the number of tankers delivering LNG to Distrigas this year will be on par with the number that docked at the terminal in 2003. Distrigas of Massachusetts is one of four LNG terminals located in the continental United States, with a send-out capacity of 700 MMcf/d and storage capacity of 3.3 Bcf. ©NGI Article text: Copyright 2004 Intelligence Press Inc. All rights reserved. The preceding news report may not be republished or redistributed, in whole or in part, in any form, without prior written consent of Intelligence Press, Inc.