The planned Port Arthur LNG facility in southeastern Texas took another step nearer being realized on Tuesday when the parent company Sempra Energy announced its subsidiaries had formally filed applications with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
One application, on behalf of Sempra’s affiliate Port Arthur LNG, seeks authorization for a liquefaction plant and export terminal along the Sabine-Neches Waterway, about 90 miles east of Houston.
A separate application covers interconnected pipelines to deliver natural gas to the terminal.
The plant would include two liquefaction trains capable of producing 13.5m metric tons per year, three storage tanks, two berths for vessels with associated marine and loading facilities plus other things.
Port Arthur LNG set the process rolling when it started the pre-filing process with FERC in March 2015, the first of several permits needed along the way.
In August 2015, the US Department of Energy gave its consent for the project to export domestically produced natural gas in liquid form to countries in the Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Sempra Energy is a Fortune 500 energy services holding company based in San Diego, California.
