La Unión FSRU
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La Unión FSRU, also known as El Salvador FSRU, Unidad Flotante de Almacenamiento y Regasificación (UFAR) El Salvador and Unidad Flotante de Almacenamiento y Regasificación (UFAR) El Salvador, is a cancelled (confirmed) LNG import terminal in El Salvador.
Location
Table 1: Location details
| Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| La Unión FSRU | Port of La Union, La Unión, La Unión, El Salvador[1][2] | 13.336944, -87.843889 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador FSRU | import[1][2][3] | cancelled (confirmed)[1] | 0.5 mtpa[4] | 0.5 mtpa | True | – |
Table 3: Cost
| Name | Facility type | Cost | Total known terminal costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador FSRU | import[1][2][3] | US$950,000,000[5] | US$950,000,000 |
Financing
No financing data available.
Table 4: Project timeline
| Name | Facility type | Status | Proposal year | FID year | Construction year | Operating year | Inactive year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador FSRU | import[1][2][3] | cancelled (confirmed)[1] | 2007[6][3][7] | – | – | –[1][2][1][2] | 2014 (cancelled)[8] |
Ownership
Table 5: Ownership
| Name | Facility type | Status | Owners | Parent companies | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador FSRU | import[1][2][3] | cancelled (confirmed)[1] | Cutuco Energy; Fonseca Energy[1][2][3][1][2][5][3] | Cutuco Energy; Fonseca Energy | – |
Background
La Unión LNG Terminal was a proposed LNG terminal in La Unión, El Salvador.[9] The project is now cancelled. The Houston-based energy company Cutuco and Fonseca Energy announced in 2007 a planned construction of a 520 MW power plant and LNG terminal at the port of La Union, in El Salvador[10] The terminal was to contain a tank with a capacity 160,000 cubic meters and then expand in the second phase up to 320,000 cubic meters.[11] The proposal was consistently delayed and pushed back until 2016. Since then, the project has been officially cancelled due to local resistance and municipal opposition.[12]
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
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 (PDF) https://thedialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NatGAs_1.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 (PDF) https://www.ppiaf.org/sites/default/files/documents/2015-01/Output_P143848_2015_11_24_15_23.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 (PDF) https://media.portal.nlinbusiness.com/LN_Gterminalconstructionin_Portof_La_Union_942c172e1edcf5d86acaea091a232081_a2789255b1/LN_Gterminalconstructionin_Portof_La_Union_942c172e1edcf5d86acaea091a232081_a2789255b1.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:cutuco-energy-grants-cabei-mandate-as-lead-arranger.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.centralamericalink.com/noticia/cutuco-energy-lng-project-to-seek-supply-calls-in-guatemala-and-el-salvador.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210924091621/http://www.gasandoil.com/news/2007/09/cnl73738.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ http://abarrelfull.wikidot.com/el-salvador-lng-terminal.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://thedialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NatGAs_1.pdf https://thedialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NatGAs_1.pdf; https://thedialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NatGAs_1.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ El Salvador LNG Terminal, A Barrel Full, accessed April 2017
- ↑ Cutuco Energy to begin LNG and power plant works in El Salvador, Gas & Oil Connections, accessed September 2017
- ↑ LNG Terminal El Salvador, BNamericas, accessed September 2017
- ↑ Natural Gas in Central America, Working Paper, accessed September 2017
