LNG

Nov 22 (LNGJ) - US natural gas and energy group Dominion, developer of the Cove Point LNG export plant in Maryland due to come on stream in 2017, has appointed Diane Leopold, currently President of Dominion Energy, to the additional post of Chief Executive of the energy unit. “She will be responsible for all of Dominion's natural gas businesses,” said the Richmond, Virginia based company whose assets include 14,400 miles of natural gas pipelines. Leopold joined Dominion in 1995. She also serves as chair of the Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Association of America, the first woman to hold the position. Dominion said Leopold will report to group Chairman, President and CEO Thomas F. Farrell II.