Commonwealth LNG announced that the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review.
The Commonwealth LNG project includes the construction of one liquefied natural gas plant, as well as six gas liquefaction trains and appurtenant facilities. Each train will have a liquefaction design capacity of approximately 1.4 million metric tonnes annually for a total nominal liquefaction capacity of 8.4 mtpa.
The project which is located on the west side of the Calcasieu Ship Channel, near the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico, will include six LNG storage tanks each, with a capacity of 40,000 cbm, one marine loading berth capable of loading LNG carriers up to a capacity of 216,000 cbm, and a 3.04-mile long, 30-inch diameter pipeline and will connect the LNG Facility with existing intrastate and interstate pipelines for the purpose of supplying gas to the Project.
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The EIS draft will be issued in May 2020 and the notice of availability of the final EIS is expected to happen on October 2, 2020, according to the FERC. Moreover, it is expected that a 90-day Federal Authorization Decision Deadline will occur on December 31, 2020.
Paul Varello, Commonwealth LNG’s president and CEO stated that the FERC’s issuance of notice of schedule for environmental review “confirms that our project remains on schedule to take FID in Q1 2021 and start commercial operations in Q1 2024.”
In fact, earlier in the year, the USCG provided a letter of recommendation to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), on the Calcasieu Ship Channel’s suitability to support Liquefied Natural Gas marine traffic associated with the proposed Commonwealth LNG project.
Recently, The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) gave the green light for the expansion of Freeport LNG project. The latter will build and operate its fourth natural gas liquefaction train, located at its LNG export facility on Quintana Island near Freeport, Texas. Specifically, the Train 4 project will involve construction of a liquefaction unit similar to Freeport’s other three units at the site, as well as associated pipelines, storage vessels and related facilities. The project in particular will allow for the export of an additional 0.74 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day from the site.
