Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Export capacity: approximately 10 million tons per annum or 1.4 billion cubic feet per day
Storage capacity: two 160,000-cubic-metre storage tanks
Area: unknown
Start-up Year: -
Sempra Energy (SRE) through its subsidiary, Port Arthur LNG, has requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) initiate the pre-filing review for the company\'s proposed Port Arthur LNG natural gas liquefaction and export facility in Port Arthur, Texas. The proposed liquefaction project is designed to include: two natural gas liquefaction trains with a total export capability of approximately 10 million tons per annum, or 1.4 billion cubic feet per day; two 160,000-cubic-metre storage tanks; marine facilities for vessel berthing and loading; natural gas liquids and refrigerant storage; feed gas pre-treatment; truck loading and unloading areas; and combustion turbine generators for self-generation of electrical power.
On 20th of March 2015, Port Arthur LNG also filed a permit application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for authorization to export the LNG produced from the proposed project to all current and future Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries and expects to submit to the DOE an application for authorization to export the LNG produced from Port Arthur LNG to non-FTA countries in the coming months. The proposed project would utilize a portion of Sempra\'s approximately 2,900 acres of property with 3 miles of waterfront on the Sabine-Neches Ship Channel and 1.25 miles of waterfront on the Intracoastal Waterway. The company\'s Port Arthur LNG site previously was evaluated and certified by the FERC in 2006 for a proposed import regasification facility and pipeline and also was permitted by the Texas Department of Transportation for the potential relocation of a portion of State Highway 87. Development of the Port Arthur LNG liquefaction project is contingent on completing the required commercial agreements, securing all necessary permits and approvals, obtaining financing and incentives, reaching a final investment decision and other factors associated with the investment.
Sempra Energy signed a deal with Woodside to advance the development of the proposed Port Arthur liquefaction facility. The deal sets a framework for determining contributions and cost sharing related to the development, technical design, permitting and commercial development of the liquefaction project. Sempra Energy and Woodside are planning to file their application for the Port Arthur LNG project in September 2016. (July, 2016)
Operators:
Sempra Energy (SRE): Operator with 100% interest
Woodside