Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: Port Lavaca-Point Comfort in Texas, USA
Start-up Year: 2011-2012
Capacity: two 160,000m³ (5.7 million cubic feet) LNG storage tanks and the facility to regasify 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day
The Calhoun LNG facility is an import terminal being under construction at Port Lavaca-Point Comfort in Texas, USA. The facility is being developed by Gulf Coast LNG Partners LP (GCLP) of Houston and is expected to be in operation by 2011-2012. The project will have an LNG import facility with two 160,000m³ (5.7 million cubic feet) LNG storage tanks and the facility to regasify one billion cubic feet of natural gas a day.
The project will also include the construction of the new Point Comfort pipeline that will run from the terminal and connect with the pipeline system supplying Texas and the Midwestern region. The LNG berthing facility will be equipped to accept all sizes of LNG tankers. The unloading area will have three 16in-diameter articulated unloading arms and one 16in flexible vapour return arm. The unloading area will also be fully equipped with emergency shutdown controls in case of a spill during unloading.
Operators:
GCLP new consortium:
LG International
EMS Group
KOGAS
Contractors:
TGE Gas Engineering: FEED contract