Annova LNG has filed an application with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to receive authorization to export domestically produced LNG to free trade agreement (FTA) countries from its facility in the Port of Brownsville (Texas). In its initial stages, the facility will produce 2 Mt/year of LNG, or about 300,000 MMBtu/d, and is expected to be in-service by mid-2018. The facility has been designed to be small enough to sell 100% of its volume in long-term tolling agreements to buyers in FTA countries, with the scalability in place to support up to 6 Mt/year.
Annova is currently working with Black and Veatch and is nearing the completion of initial engineering estimates. Annova has two clear milestones for early 2014; to enter into front-end engineering and design (FEED) and to initiate the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) pre-filing process.