Port Arthur LNG Export Terminal Project

Summary Information

• Ownership: Sempra
• Website: www.sempra.com
• Location: Port Arthur, Texas, USA
• Capacity: 13.5 million tons/annum
• Status: Planned

Brief Description

• The project was previously an import terminal, Port Arthur LNG Terminal
• The proposed liquefaction project is designed to include: two natural gas liquefaction trains with a total export capability of approximately 13.5 million tons per annum, or 1.4 billion cubic feet per day; two 160,000-cubic-meter storage tanks; marine facilities for vessel berthing and loading; natural gas liquids and refrigerant storage; feed gas pre-treatment; truck loading and unloading areas; and combustion turbine generators for self-generation of electrical power.

Technical Details

• Storage capacity: two 160,000-cubic-meter storage tanks
• Constructor: Betchel - EPC
• Licensor:

Ongoing Projects/Project Status

• Commissioning is expected in 201X
• Bechtel signed a fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract

Suppliers / Customers

• Suppliers:
• Customers:
  • PGNIG will take 2.0 tpa

History

• 2015 - Sempra Energy Submits For Pre-File Review With FERC
• 2018 - PGNIG signed an agreement for 2.0 million tpa of LNG
• 2019 - Sempra recieved FERC aproval for the project
• 2019 - Saudi Aramco agrees to become a 25% partner and buy 5 million tpa
• 2020 - Bechtel signed and EPC contract for the project

Other Information

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Links

1. Sempra Energy Submits Port Arthur Liquefaction-Export Facilities For Pre-File Review With FERC
2. Sempra LNG And Woodside Sign Memorandum Of Understanding For Potential Development Of Natural Gas Liquefaction Facility At Port Arthur, Texas
3. Sempra LNG and Aramco Services Company sign heads of agreement for Port Arthur LNG
4. PGNiG: another long-term contract for the American LNG signed
5. Port Arthur LNG Receives Federal Authorization For Liquefaction-Export Project In Texas
6. Sempra Energy Subsidiary Port Arthur LNG and Bechtel Sign EPC Agreement