Ecology and Environment, Inc. Awarded Contract for Offshore California LNG Import Project Worth $1.56 Million
February 23 2004 - 9:21AM
PR Newswire (US)
Ecology and Environment, Inc. Awarded Contract for Offshore
California LNG Import Project Worth $1.56 Million SAN FRANCISCO,
Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ecology & Environment, Inc.
has been awarded a contract jointly with the U.S. Coast Guard and
the California State Lands Commission to complete an environmental
and risk assessment report for the proposed Cabrillo Port, an
offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) import project. The terminal,
a floating LNG storage and regasification unit moored permanently
to the ocean floor, will be sited approximately 14 miles offshore
of Oxnard in Ventura County between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles
on the California Coast. Proposed by the Australian firm BHP
Billiton LNG International, Inc., the projectalso includes both
undersea and onshore pipelines. No comparable LNG facility exists
anywhere in the world. The project is one of several proposed LNG
facilities to improve natural gas supplies to the State of
California. The contract is valued at $1.56 million with additional
options possible. Ecology and Environment, Inc. is headquartered in
Lancaster, New York, a suburb of Buffalo. Its common stock is
listed on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol EEI. E &
E can be located on the World Wide Web at http://www.ene.com/ .
DATASOURCE: Ecology and Environment, Inc. CONTACT: Cheryl
Karpowicz, Vice President of Ecology and Environment, Inc.,
+1-415-981-2811 Web site: http://www.ene.com/
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