Williams to supply gas to Cheniere, Freeport LNG

Tulsa-based Williams Partners said on Wednesday it has signed contracts to deliver natural gas to two LNG export plants being built by Cheniere Energy and Freeport LNG Development in Texas.

Williams informed in a statement that it has won the contracts for Gulf Connector, a 475,000 dekatherm per day expansion of the Transco pipeline system to connect U.S. natural gas supplies with global liquefied natural gas markets.

Gulf Connector will deliver gas for Cheniere’s Corpus Christi liquefaction project and a shipper in Freeport LNG Development’s liquefaction project near Freeport, Texas, Williams said.

The Gulf Connector project involves adding compression and making the natural gas flow bi-directional on a portion of the Transco system between Louisiana and south Texas, pending regulatory approvals. Transco is a wholly owned subsidiary of Williams Partners.

Williams Partners is also building the Gulf Trace project to serve Cheniere’s Sabine Pass liquefaction project in Cameron Parish, La., the first of its kind to export cheap and abundant U.S. shale gas to overseas markets.

The first shipment of LNG from Sabine Pass liquefaction facility is expected late February or March and the Gulf Trace project is expected to be completed in early 2017.

LNG World News Staff