Compass Port LNG Terminal

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Compass Port LNG Terminal is a cancelled (confirmed) LNG import terminal in United States.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Compass Port LNG Terminal	Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States	30.256389, -88.125278 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
Compass Port LNG Terminal	import	cancelled (confirmed)	8 mtpa	8.0 mtpa	True	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Compass Port LNG Terminal	import	–	–

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
Compass Port LNG Terminal	import	cancelled (confirmed)	–	–	–	–	2006 (cancelled)

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Compass Port LNG Terminal	import	cancelled (confirmed)	ConocoPhillips Corp [100%]	ConocoPhillips Corp [100.0%]	–

Background

Compass Port LNG Terminal was a proposed deepwater port LNG terminal off the coast of Alabama and Mississippi, United States. In 2006, ConocoPhillips withdrew their application for a license for the facility under the Deepwater Port Act.

Opposition

Opposition came from both Alabama and Mississippi state governments, the Sierra Club, Public Citizen and the Coastal Conservation Association, among other grassroots organizations. Concerns included the impact on marine fisheries and other environmental concerns.

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Additional data

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