Commonwealth LNG Application Accepted By FERC

Yesterday the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) accepted an application from Commonwealth LNG to build and operate a natural gas liquefaction and export facility and an associated pipeline in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The Commonwealth LNG Project would be located on the west side of the Calcasieu Ship Channel near its entrance to the Gulf of Mexico in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

The project will consist of one liquefied natural gas plant that will include six liquefaction trains with a peak capacity of 9.5 MTPA of LNG; six full-containment LNG storage tanks with a capacity of 240,000 cubic meters of LNG storage; one marine loading berth; and a 3.04 miles of 30-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline. The pipeline will connect the LNG facility with the existing interstate and intrastate pipeline systems of Kinetica Partners and EnLink Bridgeline Holdings.

Within 90 days FERC will either complete its environmental assessment and place it into the FERC’s public record or issue a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review.