The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted authorisations to site, construct and operate two LNG production and export projects, namely Tellurian's 27.6 Mt/year Driftwood LNG export project in Louisiana and Sempra Energy's 11 Mt/year Port Arthur LNG project in Texas.
The US$27.5bn Driftwood LNG project is expected to include 20 liquefaction units, each producing 1.38 Mt/year, along with three 235,000 m3 storage tanks and three berths for the accommodation of the LNG ships. Tellurian's current partners in the project are Total, GE Electric and Bechtel. The final investment decision (FID) is expected later in 2019. Construction could start at the end of 2019 and operations could start in 2023, with full operations in 2026.
The Port Arthur LNG project is developed by Sempra Energy in Jefferson County (Texas, United States) and will include two 5.5 Mt/year trains for a total capacity of 11 Mt/year. Sempra Energy selected Bechtel as the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contractor for the project in 2018. FID is expected in the first quarter of 2020 and the project could start in 2023.
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