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Penuelas LNG Terminal, also known as Panuelas LNG Terminal, is an operating LNG import terminal in United States.
Location
Table 1: Location details
| Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Penuelas LNG Terminal | Punta Guayanilla, Penuelas, United States | 18.059444, -66.7225 (approximate) |
The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:
Project Details
Table 2: Infrastructure details
| Name | Facility type | Status | Capacity | Total terminal capacity | Offshore | Associated infrastructure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penuelas LNG Terminal | import | operating[1] | 2 mtpa | 2.0 mtpa | False | – |
Table 3: Cost
| Name | Facility type | Cost | Total known terminal costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penuelas LNG Terminal | import | – | – |
Financing
No financing data available.
Table 4: Project timeline
| Name | Facility type | Status | Proposal year | FID year | Construction year | Operating year | Inactive year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penuelas LNG Terminal | import | operating[1] | – | – | – | 2000[1] | – |
Ownership
Table 5: Ownership
| Name | Facility type | Status | Owners | Parent companies | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penuelas LNG Terminal | import | operating[1] | EcoElectrica LP [2%]; Mitsui Group [15%]; ENGIE SA [35%]; Naturgy [47%] | Naturgy [47.5%]; ENGIE SA [35.0%]; Mitsui Group [15.0%]; Naturgy Energy Group SA [1.2%]; ENGIE SA [0.9%]; Mitsui & Co Ltd [0.4%]; unknown [0.1%] | EcoElectrica |
Background
Penuelas LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Penuelas, Puerto Rico.[2] Since the 2000s, EcoElectrica has held the exclusive right to ship liquefied natural gas to Puerto Rico.[3] Its main shareholder is GasNatural Fenosa.[4]
In 1995 the executive director of PREPA facilitated the creation of a Power Purchase Agreement, which began the creation of EcoEléctrica. It took several years for financing and fuel agreements to come into place. Groundbreaking for the facility was held in 1998, with commercial LNG terminal operations beginning in 2000.[5]
In June 2008, EcoEléctrica started the environmental impact assessment of the LNG terminal modification project, including construction and operation of natural gas pipeline facilities.[6]
A truck loading service will be available from 2022.[7]
Activities
EcoEléctrica owns the 540-megawatt EcoEléctrica power plant, which runs on liquefied natural gas arriving by tanker from Trinidad and Tobago.[8] The company also operates a liquefied natural gas regasification terminal with a storage tank of 160,000 cubic meters in Punta Guayanilla, Peñuelas on Puerto Rico’s southern coast. The power generated by EcoEléctrica is transmitted to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) operated power grid. Steam generated by the waste heat from exhaust gasses is used in both a Toshiba-supplied steam turbine and a desalination plant.
EcoEléctrica has an above land storage facility, where the company is able to hold one million gallons of LNG in liquid form. The facility also has four regasification units, each with a capacity to regasify 93 million square feet of gas per day, two of which are always active and two remain as back ups in case of problems.[5]
Articles and Resources
Additional data
To access additional data, including an interactive map of LNG terminals, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (PDF) https://www.igu.org/app/uploads-wp/2020/06/GGR-2019_vF.pdf.
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- ↑ "EcoEléctrica, L.P.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Ecoeléctrica Terminal Modification Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues". Federal Register. June 18, 2008.
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