Rio Grande LNG Files FERC Application
Rio Grande LNG, LLC and Rio Bravo Pipeline Company, LLC (together, Applicants) have filed an application with FERC for authorization to site, construct and operate liquefaction and LNG export terminal facilities in the Brownsville Navigation District in Cameron County, Texas and an interconnected pipeline. The terminal facilities would consist of six liquefaction trains, each with a nominal capacity of approximately 4.5 million metric tonnes per annum (approximately 0.6 Bcf/day), four LNG tanks (each with a capacity of 180,000 cubic meters), two marine jetties for ocean-going LNG vessels (with capacities ranging from 125,000 m3 to 185,000 m3), one turning basin, and four LNG and two natural gas liquids truck loading bays. Applicants request that FERC issue a final order on their application by the end of the first quarter of 2017.