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PROJECT TYPE LNG export facility LOCATION Cameron Parish, Louisiana, US CAPACITY 516bcf START OF CONSTRUCTION 2019 START OF OPERATIONS 2022 ESTIMATED INVESTMENT $4.5bn DEVELOPER Venture Global Calcasieu Pass The Calcasieu Pass liquefied natural gas export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, US, is being developed by Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, a subsidiary of Venture Global LNG. The project includes the construction of a 42in-diameter, 23.4-mile (37.66km) pipeline called TransCameron, which will connect the facility to interconnection points around Grand Cheniere Station. The export facility will store approximately 516 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas a year, which is equivalent to ten million tonnes per annum (Mtpa). Peak capacity is estimated to be 620bcf a year (equivalent to 12Mtpa). FERC issued its Notice of Availability of the draft environmental impact statement for the proposed facility and TransCameron pipeline in June 2018. The project received federal approval in October 2018, while its final investment decision on the project is expected to be made in early-2019, with operations scheduled to commence in 2022. The project is estimated to create approximately 1,500 construction jobs and 130 operational jobs. Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility details Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility is being developed to the south of Lake Charles on the Calcasieu Ship Channel near the Gulf of Mexico. The location lies in close proximity to abundant gas supplies and transport facilities. The facility will extend over 930 acres and have deepwater access. The export terminal will incorporate modular LNG liquefaction technology comprising two trains of natural gas liquefaction. The liquefaction system will include 18 mid-scale modular trains driven by electric motors to achieve optimum efficiency and reliability. “The project is estimated to create approximately 1,500 construction jobs and 130 operational jobs.” The LNG facility will comprise nine pre-cooled single mixed refrigerant blocks, each with a nameplate liquefaction capacity of 1.2Mtpa. The blocks will include refrigerant storage vessels and distribution piping between the refrigerant storage site and liquefaction blocks. Infrastructure facilities at the terminal LNG will be stored in two 200,000m³ full-containment tanks. The LNG will be loaded onto carriers, docking at one of two LNG berthing docks in a common recessed berthing area. The marine terminal will accommodate carriers up to 185,000m³ in capacity. Calcasieu Pass will also feature a 720MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle gas turbine electric generation facility. Gas transportation The Calcasieu Pass LNG export project is being integrated with the new TransCameron pipeline project in order to source the natural feed gas for the facility. The LNG export facility will be connected to the existing natural gas pipelines in Cameron Parish via the new East Lateral Pipeline. The 36.7km East Lateral pipeline, with a diameter of 42in, will extend from the eastern side of the Calcasieu LNG facility and will be interconnected with two existing gas transmission systems precisely at the TETCO Interconnect and the ANR/Bridgeline meter station, located in Louisiana. LNG offtake from Calcasieu Pass Venture Global LNG entered an agreement with Polish Oil & Gas Company (PGNiG) for the purchase of 2Mtpa of LNG for a period of 20 years, in June 2018. The cargo will be delivered to the Plaquemines LNG facility, starting from 2023. Venture Global Calcasieu Pass entered an agreement with BP (BP LN) for the sale of 2Mtpa of LNG on a free-on-board (FOB) basis. The sale is made under a sales and purchase agreement (SPA), which is valid for 20 years. The company also entered separate 20-year SPAs with Galp, Shell NA LNG (Shell), and Repsol for the supply of 1Mtpa of LNG from the facility. Construction details for the project The Calcasieu Pass terminal, along with the TransCameron pipeline, will be constructed by using the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) method. Construction for the integral parts of the LNG terminal will take place at the Martin support facility, the DeHyCo support facility, the Baker Hughes support facility, Mudd support facility and the Liberty support facility. Financing Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners will provide a $1.3bn equity investment for the project, under the definitive agreements signed with Venture Global LNG in May 2019. Contractors involved in Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility Kiewet was awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Venture Global LNG for the export facility in December 2018. CB&I was awarded the $200m engineering, procurement and construction contract for two LNG storage tanks at Calcasieu Pass in July 2017. GE Oil and Gas, a subsidiary of Baker Hughes, was awarded the contract for providing the mid-scale liquefaction trains for the export facility in February 2017. Providence Engineering and Duplantis Design Group are responsible for the permitting and design of 130 acres of marsh required for the terminal and pipeline system. |
