Trunkline Lake Charles LNG Terminal
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Trunkline LNG Company
- Website: http://www.panhandleenergy.com/
- Location: Lake Charles, La., USA
- Capacity: 13.7 million tons/annum
- Status: In Operation
+++ Technical Details
- Storage capacity: three LNG tanks with a total capacity of 425,000 cubic meters
- Unloading capacity: flexible docking facilities handle a variety of tanker designs and sizes ranging from 30,000 m3 up to 160,000 m3.
- Send out capacity: When operating at peak capacity, the terminal can regasify LNG and send out natural gas at a maximum rate of 2.1 bcf per day
- Constructor:
- Licensor:
+++ Ongoing Projects/Project Status
- The partners plan construction to turn the import terminal into an export plant
- See [[[Trunkline Lake Charles LNG Export Terminal Project]]]
+++ Suppliers / Customers
- Suppliers: BG Group supplies from its global portfolio
- Customers: The facility is connected to the mainline transmission system of Trunkline Gas Company
+++ History
- 1981 - Terminal construction completed
- 1999 - LNG bought from Qatargas
- 2001 - Phase 1 expansion project launched
- 2004 - Phase 2 expansion project launched
- 2006 - Trunkline LNG completed the Phase II terminal expansion
- 2006 - Mustang Engineering chosen to Upgrade LNG Facility Using LNG Smart® Air Vaporization Process
- 2011 - Application made for export licence
+++ Other Information
+++ Relevant Links
- Terminal Webpage
- Southern Union announces filing of application to export LNG and 1Q results. Click here to view application to export LNG
- Mustang Engineering to Upgrade Trunkline LNG Facility Using LNG Smart® Air Vaporization Process
- Qatargas Sells Seven Additional LNG Cargoes to United States
- BG and Southern Union reach agreement on a second expansion of Lake Charles LNG terminal
