Sempra Energy has filed a permit application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting approval to begin construction of the Cameron LNG export project in the fourth quarter of 2013. Cameron LNG has already received approval from the DOE to export LNG to countries with which the US has qualifying free-trade agreements. The company's application to export to non free-trade agreement countries, filed in December 2011, is expected to be among the first to be considered early next year.
The liquefaction facility will utilize Cameron LNG's existing facilities, including two marine berths capable of accommodating Q-Flex-sized LNG ships and three LNG storage tanks of 480,000 m3. The new liquefaction facility will include three liquefaction trains with a total export capacity of 12 Mt/year of LNG. The facility is expected to begin delivering LNG to international markets in 2017. In 2012 Cameron LNG signed commercial development agreements with Mitsubishi, Mitsui and a subsidiary of GDF SUEZ. These commercial development agreements bind the parties to fund all development expenses, including design, permitting and engineering for the full capacity of the new facility.
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