Atlantic Sea Island Group Resubmits Application for Offshore Terminal
MARAD announced yesterday that Atlantic Sea Island Group LLC has resubmitted its application with MARAD and the USCG for a Deepwater Port License for the Safe Harbor Energy LNG terminal. MARAD notes that the facility will include three components: an island constructed on the Outer Continental Shelf in federal waters 13.5 miles south of Long Beach, N.Y.; an LNG receiving, regasification, and storage terminal; and a pipeline traversing the seabed and connecting onshore with the KeySpan distribution system. The proposed terminal has a designed capacity of 2 Bcf/d and expects to begin commercial operations in 2014.