FREEPORT LNG LIQUEFACTION PROJECT

摘要

Freeport LNG Development, LP. (Freeport LNG), designed, built and now operates a world-class LNG receiving and regasification terminal in Freeport, Texas. Freeport LNG believes the abundance of domestic reserves and low prices mean that the U.S. gas market itself should become a source for LNG export. Given this dramatic reversal of market conditions, Freeport LNG has launched its natural gas liquefaction project, proposing to add approximately 13.2 million metric tonnes per annum (MTA) (1.9 billion cubic feet per day) of liquefaction capability to its Quintana Island terminal facilities. The feed gas will be derived from interconnecting intrastate pipeline systems, e.g., Dow Pipeline Company; Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline, L.P.; Brazoria Interconnector Gas (BIG) Pipeline; or other yet-to-be-built pipeline(s), through Freeport LNG's existing Stratton Ridge meter station. The gas will be pretreated near Freeport LNG's existing metering, compression and underground storage facilities. The pretreated natural gas will then be delivered to the terminal through Freeport LNG's existing gas pipeline. At the terminal it will be liquefied and stored in full containment LNG storage tanks. LNG will be exported from the terminal by LNG carriers arriving via marine transit through the Freeport Harbor Channel. Effective January 30, 2012, Freeport LNG and a joint venture comprised of Zachry Industrial, Inc. and CB&I (Zachry/CB&I JV) entered into a front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the engineering and design of the Freeport liquefaction terminal near Freeport, Texas. This paper presents the regulatory process, community relations, technical description, current status, and some of the challenges - including site preparation design - addressed during the FEED and ongoing development of the project.