Project Profile

Location: Lake Charles, state of Louisiana, USA
Capacity: 15 metric tons per annum of LNG (equivalent of 2 billion cubic feet per day)
Length: one-half mile
Start-up Year: second quarter of 2019

Trunkline LNG Company and Trunkline LNG Export, each a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Transfer Equity and Energy Transfer Partners, have filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) seeking the Commission’s authorization for the siting, construction, ownership and operation of the proposed Lake Charles LNG Export project. The FERC filing represents the culmination of significant front-end engineering design (FEED) work and pre-filing consultations with the FERC and other federal, state and local agencies that have been underway since mid-2012. Pending final investment decisions and the receipt of all necessary approvals expected in 2015, construction will start shortly afterwards, with first LNG exports anticipated in the second quarter of 2019.

The project will consist of 3 trains of LNG and will be capable of exporting up to 15 metric tons per annum of LNG, which is the equivalent of 2 billion cubic feet per day. Trunkline Gas Company, LLC will construct approximately one-half mile of pipeline in order to provide the feed gas to the proposed liquefaction facility. Energy Transfer will own and finance the proposed facility and BG Group is responsible for the offtake. BG Group will also select the engineering, procurement and construction contractor and manage construction. Upon completion, BG Group will operate the proposed facility under a long-term agreement with Energy Transfer. Trunkline Gas Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Transfer, will provide pipeline transportation services to supply natural gas to the proposed facility.

The US FERC issued an order denying Sierra Club’s request for rehearing of the Commissions permit for the construction of Lake Charles liquefaction facilities. FERC has authorized construction of three liquefaction trains and related equipment, along with the modification of existing LNG storage and marine berthing facilities at the Energy Transfer-owned LNG import terminal in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. (July, 2016)

At present, the project is authorized to export up to 730 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year. Lake Charles LNG project participants filed an application with the United States Department of Energy seeking permission to export approximately 121 Bcf/year additionally. (August, 2016)


Operators:

Trunkline LNG Company and Trunkline LNG Export (each a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Transfer Equity and Energy Transfer Partners): Owner

Shell: Operator 100% capacity interest


Contractors:

Rolls-Royce: Rolls-Royce Trent 60 DLE industrial gas turbine packages, to be used as the drivers for the main refrigeration compressors at the Lake Charles LNG export project in Louisiana