Fourchon LNG Terminal

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Fourchon LNG Terminal is an operating LNG terminal in Louisiana, United States.

Location

The terminal is planned for Port Fourchon, Louisiana. It will be built to the west of Belle Pass on a 150-acre site located on property owned by the Greater Lafourche Port Commission, outside of the existing developments of Port Fourchon.

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Project Details

• Owner: Fourchon LNG
• Parent: Energy World
• Location: Port Fourchon, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States
• Coordinates: 29.105833, -90.194444 (approximate)
• Capacity: 5 mtpa, 0.7 bcfd
• Status: Operating
• Type: Export
• Start Year:

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

Background

In August 2017 Fourchon LNG of Energy World filed an application with FERC for a LNG Terminal at Port Fourchon of Lafourche Parish, Lousiana. It would have capacity of 5 mtpa, 0.7 bcfd total, with phase I being 2 mtpa. Its estimated cost is US$888 million.

It is currently operating.