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 (Phase 1)
• Status: Under construction

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.
• Phase 2 of the project will add two liquefaction trains (trains 3 and 4) capable of producing up to 13 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG)

Technical Details

• Storage capacity: two 160,000-cubic-meter storage tanks
• Constructor:
  • Betchel - EPC
  • Baker Hughes - supply four Frame 7 turbines paired with eight centrifugal compressors as well as two electric motor driven compressors
• Licensor: Air Products

Ongoing Projects/Project Status

• Final investment decision is scheduled for early 2023
• Commissioning is expected in 2027
• Bechtel signed a fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract

Suppliers / Customers

• Suppliers: The terminal will connect to major pipelines in Texas and Louisiana via two connecting pipelines
• Customers:
  • PGNIG will take 2.0m tpa
  • S.Aramco will buy 5.0m tpa
  • RWE has HofA for 2.25m tpa
  • ConocoPhillips will buy 5.0m tpa
  • RWE will buy 2.25m 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
• 2022 - Sempra and RWE Sign Heads of Agreement for LNG Supply
• 2022 - ConocoPhillips agrees to buy 30% of the project and 5 million tpa of LNG
• 2022 - Final EPC contract signed
• 2023 - Final investment decision
• 2023 - the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved the permit authorizing the Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 expansion project
• 2023 - KKR acquired 42% of Phase 1

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
7. Sempra Infrastructure and RWE Sign Heads of Agreement for U.S. LNG Supply
8. ConocoPhillips and Sempra Infrastructure Sign Heads of Agreement for Large-Scale LNG Projects and Carbon Capture Activities
9. Sempra Infrastructure announces final EPC contract with Bechtel for Port Arthur LNG
10. Sempra Announces Strategic Partnership with ConocoPhillips for Port Arthur LNG
11. Williams Enters Heads of Agreement with Sempra Infrastructure to Integrate LNG Value Chain Capabilities
12. Sempra Infrastructure Announces Sale and Purchase Agreement with RWE for Port Arthur LNG
13. Sempra Launches Port Arthur LNG Project
14. Baker Hughes to Supply Liquefaction Trains for Sempra Infrastructure’s Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 Project
15. Air Products’ LNG Technology and Equipment Selected for Sempra Infrastructure’s Port Arthur, Texas Phase 1 Project
16. Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 Project Receives Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Authorization
17. Sempra Infrastructure Completes Sale of Non-Controlling Interest in Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 to KKR