Delfin LNG Terminal

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Delfin LNG Terminal is a proposed LNG export terminal in Louisiana, United States. It would be the first deepwater floating liquification terminal offshore in the United States.

Location

The floating terminal would be located in the Gulf of Mexico, about 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana.

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Project Details

• Owner: Fairwood Peninsula Energy Corporation, Leif Höegh & Co
• Location: Port Delfin, Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States
• Coordinates: 29.074272,-92.834569 (approximate)
• Capacity: 13 mtpa, 1.86 bcfd
• Status: Proposed
• Type: Export
• Trains: 4
• Start Year: 2024

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Background

Delfin LNG Terminal is a proposed LNG terminal in Louisiana, United States. The terminal would consist of four floating LNG trains with a total export capacity of 13 million metric tonnes per year of LNG. It is planned for operation in 2021-2022.

In June of 2017, the US Department of Energy approved the companies' application to export LNG from the proposed facility.

As of June, 2019, the project is being delayed by more than three years, the company told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in a filing. Delfin LNG told regulators that it expects to finish the project 3 years and 6 months later than anticipated and requested an extension. Initial plans were to begin delivering LNG by 2021 at the earliest.