LNG faces complex landscape

Put a chill on the same gas that heats millions of California homes, and you get a public enemy that’s been run off from town after town along the state’s coast for years.

The latest setback for a proposed liquefied natural gas plant, which would perch well offshore from Oxnard, illustrates both the hurdles that the supercooled gas called LNG faces and the tenacity of those who say we need it.


It also hints at what other LNG proponents may have to try if they want to succeed where others have failed.

The latest proposal, called the Cabrillo Port liquefied natural gas project, is from Australian energy giant BHP Billiton. It calls for a floating gas transfer and processing station 12 miles offshore near Oxnard.

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