Port Arthur LNG Terminal

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Port Arthur LNG Terminal is a proposed LNG export terminal in Texas, United States.

Location

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Project Details

• Owner: Port Arthur LNG
• Parent: Sempra LNG, Midstream and Woodside
• Location: Port Arthur, Texas, United States
• Coordinates: 29.885, -93.94 (approximate)
• Capacity: 13.5 mtpa
• Status: Proposed
• Type: Export
• Trains: 2
• Start Year: Expected 2023

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

Background

Port Arthur LNG Terminal is a proposed LNG terminal in Texas, United States. The proposed export facility received approval from the US Department of Energy to export LNG to Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries in August of 2015. The project expects to receive Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval and Department of Energy non-FTA authorization in mid 2018, with operation in 2023.

In April of 2019, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the construction of the Port Arthur Terminal.

May of 2019 saw another important milestone for the proposed LNG project, when Sempra Energy got the green light to export LNG to countries that do not have a free-trade agreement with the U.S. The approval to export to non-free trade agreement countries is vital for American LNG operators that want to tap into Asian markets.

In June of 2019, Sempra Energy asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to approve a significant expansion of a pipeline that would boost the export capacity of the company's proposed Port Arthur LNG terminal in Texas.

Also in May of 2019, Saudi Aramco agreed to a buy a stake in Sempra Energy’s Port Arthur LNG export terminal, giving the world’s biggest oil exporter a foothold in the U.S. gas trade The proposed deal, which also includes an agreement to buy gas from the plant, would mark Aramco’s first entry into production of oil or gas outside Saudi Arabia. Aramco can potentially ship the LNG home to the kingdom’s power plants or trade it globally. The state-owned company and Sempra signed a preliminary agreement to acquire a 25% stake in the plant, but didn’t disclose the value of the potential deal.