Freeport LNG cleared to up production capacity

The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Freeport LNG’s request to increase the LNG production level at its terminal currently under construction near the city of Freeport, in Brazoria County, Texas. 

In June 2015, Freeport LNG requested authorization to increase its production capacity from 1.8 billion cubic feet per day to 2.14 Bcf per day.

Freeport LNG noted in its initial filing that the increased production capacity reflects “facilities’ actual capabilities”, adding that initial nameplate capacity was determined during the early stages of front-end engineering design of the liquefaction project, using very conservative design and operating assumptions.

FERC said in its order that Freeport LNG has not proposed any new facilities or construction activities.

Approximately 13.2 mtpa of the production capacity of Freeport LNG’s three liquefaction trains have been contracted under use-or-pay liquefaction tolling agreements (LTAs), according to the company’s website.

The first two trains are on schedule to commence operations by September 2018 and February 2019, respectively. The third train is expected to be in operation approximately six months following the second train, or, in August 2019, Freeport LNG said in a recent construction update.

Since last year, Freeport LNG revealed it is  planning to add a fourth natural gas liquefaction unit to the three trains already under construction. This expansion would allow for the export of an additional five million tons of LNG per year, increasing the total export capability of all four trains to over twenty million tons of LNG per year.

LNG World News Staff