Peter Hansen

Chief Executive Officer, Oregon LNG

Peter Hansen serves as Oregon LNG’s Chief Executive Officer. In this role Peter leads the development efforts for Oregon LNG’s proposed terminal and pipeline project located in Warrenton, Oregon.

Peter has been working on the development of the Warrenton, Oregon project since 2004 when he as the Vice President of Business Development for Calpine Corporation, took the project through the highly political local permitting process. In early 2007, Peter, along with partners, purchased the project from Calpine Corporation. Peter is now leading the efforts to move the project through the FERC permitting process.

Peter brings significant experience to Oregon LNG. He began his career as a Project Engineer at a consulting firm in Copenhagen, Denmark. Over a 30 year period, this position developed into increasingly responsible positions involving the selection, development, design, construction and commissioning of energy projects of all sizes and types in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Peter has a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Danish Polytechnical Institute with emphasis on regional energy planning, energy efficiency, and energy conversion technologies. Also, Peter has a Master’s Degree in Arctic (Civil) Engineering, emphasis on arctic utilities from the University of Alaska, Anchorage.