The site is situated 2.5 miles (4km) from the Gulf of Mexico and lies close to the US natural gas intrastate and interstate pipeline systems, as well as significant gas pipeline interconnections.Ī state-of-the-art LNG shipping facility can be developed at the site to host deep draft and mega LNG carriers. The LNG facility and the export terminal will be constructed on a 246-acre site on Monkey Island on Louisiana’s Calcasieu Ship Channel. Site details of Monkey Island LNG project
Final investment decision on the $6.9bn terminal, which will have a LNG capacity of 15.75Mtpa, is expected to be taken in Q4 2020, while operations are expected to begin in 2022. Monkey Island LNG has also entered a 20-year fixed price binding agreement to receive natural gas for the new facility.
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The export permission has been given to ship to countries with which the US has a free trade agreement (FTA) and does not prohibit trade.
A 30-year authorisation has been awarded to export 2.1 billion cubic feet a day (bcf/d) of natural gas or approximately 15.75 million tonnes a year (Mtpa) by ship from the proposed project destination. Southern California Telephone Company is the parent company of Monkey Island LNG, which has been established to develop the LNG facility and export terminal.Īpproval to export LNG from the terminal was granted by the Department of Energy in December 2015. Monkey Island LNG is a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal to be developed by Monkey Island LNG (formerly SCT&E LNG) on Monkey Island in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, US.