Project Profile

Value: US$30 million
Location: Coos Bay, Oregon, USA
LNG tank capacity: 320,000m³
Capacity: 6.0 million tonnes per year (~1bcfd NG)
Send-out capacity: 1,000,000 dekatherms per day (dth/day) and a maximum send-out of 1,200,000dth/day

Jordan Cove Energy liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is to be built at Coos Bay, Oregon. The terminal will be spread over 200 acres. The project received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in December 2009. The project partners are planning to commence construction of the LNG terminal in the fourth quarter of 2012. The terminal will have LNG storage capacity of 320,000m³ with a send-out capacity of 1,000,000 dekatherms per day (dth/day) and a maximum send-out of 1,200,000dth/day. The facility will have two 160,000m³ LNG tanks for storage and a single LNG marine berth. It will feature an extraction facility to recover propane and butane from the LNG. The facility will also have a 32MW integrated electric power plant. The Jordan Cove LNG terminal is being built by Fort Chicago Energy Partners and Energy Projects Development. The companies have formed a limited partnership called Jordan Cove Energy Project to build and operate the terminal.

In October 2008, Jordan Cove Energy Project signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract with a consortium led by Black & Veatch. The consortium comprises of Kiewit Energy, Vinci Construction Grands Projects and Entrepose Contracting. The consortium will initially develop the design for the Jordan Cove LNG terminal and the cost estimate for the construction of the facility. Black & Veatch will be responsible for the construction of the marine, re-gasification and other facilities. Management of the project site and construction of other facilities will be carried out by Kiewit. Vinci and Entrepose will be responsible for construction of the two LNG storage tanks. The Jordan Cove LNG terminal will receive natural gas in the liquid state. The natural gas will be delivered by marine vessels from Asia and Africa. The terminal will restore the natural gas to a gaseous state and send it to the Pacific Connector pipeline. In October 2015, U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a final environmental impact statement for Jordan Cove LNG.

FERC issued the order in regards to the request for rehearing submitted Jordan Cove Energy Project and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline following the commission’s decision to deny the two applications. However, following its preliminary deals for at least 3 mtpa of natural gas liquefaction capacity at Jordan Cove LNG facility with Jera and Itochu, Veresen’s units filed a request for rehearing in April 2016. (May, 2016)

The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected a rehearing to build the LNG terminal. The decision to deny the hearing was made due to the rehearing request not demonstrating the existence of extraordinary circumstances. (December, 2016)


Operators:

Jordan Cove Energy Project: Operator (consortium of Fort Chicago Energy Partners and Energy Projects Development LTD)

Veresen: Operator

Fort Chicago Energy Partners

Energy Projects Development LTD: Responsible for the day-to-day management of the project including project management of all regulatory and engineering activities.


Contractors:

KBJ (Joint venture of Kiewit Energy Group, Black & Veatch Construction and JGC US Project): Engineering, procurement and module fabrication

Black & Veatch: EPC contract for the construction of the marine, re-gasification and other facilities

Kiewit Energy: EPC contract and management of the project site and construction of facilities

Vinci Construction Grands Projects and Entrepose: EPC contract for the construction of the two LNG storage tanks

Baker Botts L.L.P.: Provision of commercial legal representation.

Dickstein Shapiro: Tasked with federal permitting while Perkins Coie oversees local and state permitting.