Project Profile

Value: Undisclosed
Location: Port of Brownsville in Brownsville, Texas, USA
Production capacity: 2 MTA (million tonnes per annum) of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Area: unknown
Start-up Year: -

Texas LNG will construct, own, and operate a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility to be constructed at the Port of Brownsville in Brownsville, Texas. Texas LNG will have a planned capacity to produce up to 2 MTA (million tonnes per annum) of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from approximately 275 MMcf/d or 0.28 Bcf/d of feed gas sourced from the extensive US natural gas system. Texas LNG is seeking to export LNG to FTA and non-FTA markets with first LNG production in 2019. Texas LNG has received authorization to export to FTA markets and is expecting non-FTA export approval once during the FERC application process. The project involves an LNG liquefaction barge/skid fabricated offsite by an experienced and qualified shipyard. At the Texas LNG site located close to the entrance of the deepwater Brownsville ship channel, the barge/skid will be permanently \"grounded\" so that it will no longer be a floating vessel. LNG would be offloaded from a conventional tank onto standard sized LNG carriers berthed alongside the Texas LNG facility.  Off-the-shelf technology will be used for both the liquefaction process and the gas treatment plant that will be built on site to treat pipeline feed gas by removing any remaining natural gas liquids and other non-methane products before the liquefaction process.

This strategy is designed to allow Texas LNG to minimize complex onshore civil construction works, reduce the need to construct large LNG tanks onsite, and reduce the overall local environmental impact. Texas LNG is evaluating and finalizing its liquefaction technology for the Project and is in discussions with shipyards and EPC contractors to design and construct the liquefaction barge and associated onshore facilities. Samsung Engineering, a global leading engineering company, will provide all technical & engineering services to project and take a minority interest in project. Conceptual study has been completed and pre-FEED engineering began in June 2014. FEED is expected to begin in November 2014.  The FEED contract is expected to be converted into an engineering, procurement, construction and project management (EPC&PM) contract after performing an EPC cost estimation. Although the EPC contract value has yet to be agreed, other existing LNG liquefaction terminals of similar size are valued over US$1 billion. Texas LNG will be a toll processor of natural gas into LNG and a producer of extracted natural gas liquids, without taking ownership of the feed gas or the produced LNG.  Our facility will process treated pipeline gas sourced from the US natural gas network into LNG for export to FTA and non-FTA markets.  In a tolling business model, LNG offtakers will be responsible for contracting feed gas deliveries to the plant as well as ships to export the LNG. Texas LNG will facilitate introductions to potential feed gas suppliers.

Operators:

Texas LNG: Operator with 100% interest

Samsung Engineering: Minority interest


Contractors:

Samsung Engineering: Contract to provide all technical & engineering services to project and take a minority interest in project. Conceptual study has been completed and pre-FEED engineering began in June 2014. FEED begun in November 2014.

KBR: Contracted to provide pre-final investment decision detailed engineering and post-final investment decision engineering, procurement and construction services.

Braemar Engineering: Appointed as Owner’s Engineers by Texas LNG for the proposed Brownsville LNG project

Honeywell: Master framework Alliance Agreement to provide gas pre-treatment and automation & control technology. Texas LNG will use Honeywell UOP’s Amine Guard™ FS process to reduce acid gas to very low levels and its proprietary adsorbents to remove water, mercury and sulfur from the natural gas, which is necessary for natural gas liquefaction and LNG transport. Honeywell also will serve as the integrated main automation & controls contractor. In this role, Honeywell is responsible for designing and delivering (with installation support), the automation, instrumentation, process and safety controls, telecommunications and security, production management systems, and advanced planning and scheduling applications. Honeywell also is assisting Texas LNG with its front end engineering and design (FEED) which is a key input in Texas LNG’s FERC application. (November 2015)

Financial, technical, environmental and legal partners:
BNP Paribas
Third Point LLC
Samsung Engineering
Air Products
Braemar Engineering
NRG
PSI
K&L Gates
GreenbergTraurig
Royston Rayzor