Elba Island LNG Production Pushed Back to Q1 2019
Posted on Oct 18, 2018
Kinder Morgan has announced that the first of ten LNG production units at affiliate Southern LNG Company’s terminal at Elba Island, Georgia, is now expected to be placed in service in Q1 2019, with the remaining nine units expected to come online throughout 2019. The company had anticipated an initial in-service date of Q4 2018 for the first LNG production unit at the facility. The facility will have a total liquefaction capacity of approximately 2.5 million tonnes/year of LNG, equivalent to approximately 350 MMcf/day of natural...
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Venture Global LNG Signs Supply Contracts with Polish Oil and Gas
Posted on Oct 18, 2018
The Houston Chronicle reports that Venture Global LNG has signed two 20-year contracts to provide LNG from its proposed Calcasieu Pass and Plaquemines LNG terminals in Louisiana with the state-run Polish Oil and Gas Company. Under the agreements, each terminal will supply the Polish company with 1 million metric tons of LNG per year. According to the report, the Calcasieu Pass facility is expected to begin operations in 2022, and the Plaquemines LNG facility is expected to begin operations in...
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FERC Releases Draft EIS for Rio Grande LNG Project
Posted on Oct 16, 2018
FERC Staff has released the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Rio Grande LNG export terminal in Cameron County, Texas, and interconnected pipeline. The draft EIS “concludes that construction and operation of the Rio Grande LNG Project would result in some adverse environmental impacts, but these impacts would be reduced to less than significant levels. However, the Rio Grande LNG Project, combined with other projects within the geographic scope, would result in certain significant cumulative impacts.”...
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FERC Initiates Pre-Filing Review for Pointe LNG Project
Posted on Oct 16, 2018
FERC has issued a letter initiating its pre-filing environmental review process for the proposed Pointe LNG liquefaction and export terminal on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, La., and the interconnected pipelines. The proposed liquefaction project will consist of, among other things, three LNG liquefaction trains, each with a nominal capacity of 2.0 metric tonnes per annum (MTPA). The total project capacity is approximately 6.0...
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Tokyo Gas Signs HOA for LNG Canada Purchases
Posted on Oct 11, 2018
Platts reports that Tokyo Gas Tuesday has signed a heads of agreement (HOA) with Diamond Gas International, the trading arm of Mitsubishi Corporation, to purchase LNG from the proposed LNG Canada project in British Columbia. According to the report, the HOA provides that Tokyo Gas will purchase up to 0.6 million metric tonnes/year from LNG Canada for a period of 13 years, from April 2026 to March 2039, delivered on an ex-ship basis with destination...
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FERC Initiates Pre-Filing Environmental Review for Galveston Bay LNG Project
Posted on Oct 11, 2018
FERC has issued a letter granting Galveston Bay LNG, LLC’s request to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for the proposed Galveston Bay LNG export facility within the city of Texas City, Texas, at a site on Galveston Bay known as Shoal Point. The export facility would include three LNG liquefaction trains, each with a nominal capacity of 5.5 million tonnes per annum. Galveston Bay LNG is also developing the Header System Pipeline, a 42-inch-diameter, 97-mile-long pipeline header system crossing Waller, Fort Bend, Brazoria, and Galveston Counties, Texas as part of the...
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TransCanada to Construct Pipeline to Feed LNG Canada Facility
Posted on Oct 2, 2018
TransCanada Corporation announced today that it will proceed with construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project to serve LNG Canada’s proposed liquefaction and LNG export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia (B.C.). Today, LNG Canada announced a positive final investment decision to move forward with the project. According to the press release, “Coastal GasLink is a 670-kilometre (420 mile) pipeline designed to transport natural gas from the Montney gas-producing region near Dawson Creek, B.C. to the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat. The pipeline will have an initial capacity of...
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