The US Maritime Administration (MARAD) has approved the plans to build a deepwater port in the Gulf of Mexico for the Delfin LNG project.
The project would consist of four FLNGVs (floating LNG vessels) with a liquefaction capacity of 3 Mt/year each and a storage capacity of 210,000 m3 each (total liquefaction capacity of 12 Mt/year, with a peak liquefaction capacity of 13.2 Mt/year, and total storage capacity of 840,000 m3). The first FLNGV would be commissioned in July 2019 and the port is expected to be fully operational by July 2022.
Delfin LNG has filed an application with the US DOE for long-term, multi-contract authorisation to engage in exports of domestically-produced LNG (up to 1.8 bcf/d, or about 13 Mt/year of aggregated liquefaction capacity). Delfin would source gas from the West Cameron Block 167 in the Gulf of Mexico and export it as LNG to FTA countries.
The authorisation is requested to export LNG over a 20-year term beginning on the date of the first LNG export or 7 years from the date that the authorisation is issued.