Project Profile
Value: US$1-2 billion (estimate)
Location: 50 miles off the coastline of Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Start-up Year: 2020
Delfin LNG is proposing the first offshore floating natural gas liquefaction project in the United States. The project is currently in the deepwater port license application process with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and Maritime Administration (MARAD). Delfin expects to be operational in 2020.
The Delfin LNG Deepwater Port project has four main parts:
• Newly built onshore gas compression on existing site (brownfield)
• The use of existing 42-inch pipelines to transport natural gas nearly 50 miles offshore
• The offshore port complex comprised of four moorings
• Four floating LNG vessels (FLNGVs) with total export capacity of 13 million metric tonnes per year
Operators:
Delfin LNG subsidiary of Fairwood Peninsula Energy Corporation (FPE): 100% interest
Contractors:
Bechtel: FEED for FLNGV vessel (March, 2017)