Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: Plaquemines Parish, Mississippi River downstream from the Port of New Orleans, near Mile Marker 46, Louisiana, USA
Storage capacity: 200,000 M3
Production capacity: 2 mtpa of LNG initial annual capacity (74,380 MCF per day)
Area: 200 acre
Start-up Year: -
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released an update of its review of Louisiana Liquefied Natural Gas Energy’s proposed Mississippi River LNG export project in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The Company has secured a +/- 200 acre site on the Mississippi River downstream from the Port of New Orleans near Mile Marker 46. Vessel transit time to the site is approximately 6 hours from open water in the Gulf of Mexico. FERC informed that currently is reviewing LNGE’s draft resource reports. Louisiana LNGE is currently preparing a second set of draft resource reports to support the project design that will be filed before the application. Project will have a 2 mtpa of LNG initial annual capacity, two 100,000 cbm storage tanks, dock capable of loading vessels up to 175,000 cbm and an on-site power generation capacity for up to 240 MW. Louisiana LNGE plans to file its application for the project in mid-2015. Liquefaction facility is provided by Chart Industries Inc. (GTLS: US) using Chart Industries technology and will include installation and commissioning. Liquefaction facility will be built in a modular manner and assembled on-site. The facility will be comprised of four 74,380 MCF per day liquefaction “trains”. Two Amine and Dehydration units will be added upstream of the four Chart Liquification Units to remove residual moisture, CO2 and NGL’s. Dock capable of loading vessels up to 175,000 M3 (est. 4.1 Bcf). The berth has available water depth in excess of 65 feet to safely moor this class vessel.
In April 2015, Louisiana LNG was bought out by Parallax Energy to complement Parallax’s other Louisiana liquefaction plant, Live Oak LNG. But, in March 2016, Parallax was reportedly sued by US giant Cheniere over a US$46 million loan for developing the two plants. Parallax allegedly told Cheniere it was unable to satisfy its current payment obligations.
Operators:
Parallax Energy: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
Chart Industries: Technology provider of liquefaction
Matrix Service: LNG Storage Tanks technology provider
Rolls Royce: Power Generation technology provider
Boh Brothers: Marine Terminal technology provider
ProPak: Balance of Plant; Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Construction (EPFC) and process guarantee