The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission informed it will prepare the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Commonwealth LNG project proposed for Cameron Parish in Louisiana.
The commission will use the EIS in its decision-making process to determine whether the project is in the public interest, FERC said in its notice.
With the notice, the scoping process begins, FERC said, adding that it will be used to gather input from the public and interested agencies on the project.
Commonwealth LNG plans to construct and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the west side of the Calcasieu Ship Channel near Johnson Bayou in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
The project would consist of eight single mixed refrigerant LNG liquefaction trains and one marine loading berth with the capability to load ships with the capacity ranging from 10,000 cubic meters to 215,000 cubic meters and will include six 40,000-cbm capacity, single containment type LNG storage tanks.
The project will also include a proposed 4-mile long, 30-inch diameter pipeline interconnected to an existing interstate pipeline, Kinetica Energy Express for purposes of bringing natural gas to the site for liquefaction and export.
At full capacity, Commonwealth LNG is expected to produce 9 million tons of LNG per year.
Commonwealth LNG has tied Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) as its debt financial advisors for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal on the west bank of the Calcasieu River in Cameron, Louisiana.
SMBC is a top mandated lead arranger for LNG projects in North America, committing $5 billion and being allocated over $2.6 billion in total debt financing, Commonwealth LNG said, adding that SMBC is one of only four banks to have played a primary role in each of the LNG liquefaction project financings closed to date in North America.
Commonwealth LNG was accepted into the FERC pre-filing process in August 2017. Current plans call for construction to begin as early as 2019, with operations to commence by 2022.
According to the Commonwealth LNG’s initial filing to FERC, the project would consist of eight single mixed refrigerant LNG liquefaction trains and one marine loading berth with the capability to load ships with the capacity ranging from 10,000 cubic meters to 215,000 cubic meters, and will include six 40,000-cbm capacity, single containment type LNG storage tanks.
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So hands up or in this case thumbs, who reckons Commonwealth will get to FID and see first gas before our Shovel ever sees the light of Day ?
Someone hand me the Popcorn, The Race is on,
Food for thought, or Not
Frank
