Gulf LNG Terminal

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Gulf LNG Terminal is an LNG import and export terminal in United States with units that are proposed and operating.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Export Terminal (T1-T2)	Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States	30.322382, -88.503663 (exact)
Import Terminal	Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States	30.322382, -88.503663 (exact)

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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
Export Terminal (T1-T2)	export	proposed	10.86 mtpa	N/A (multiple facility types)	False	–
Import Terminal	import	operating	8.8 mtpa	–	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Export Terminal (T1-T2)	export	US$8,000,000,000	US$8,000,000,000
Import Terminal	import	–	US$8,000,000,000

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
Export Terminal (T1-T2)	export	proposed	2015	–	–	–	–
Import Terminal	import	operating	–	–	–	2011	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Export Terminal (T1-T2)	export	proposed	Gulf LNG Liquefaction Co LLC [100%]	Southern Gulf Lng; Thunderbird LNG LLC	–
Import Terminal	import	operating	Gulf LNG Liquefaction Co LLC [100%]	Southern Gulf Lng; Thunderbird LNG LLC	–

Background

Gulf LNG is owned by Gulf LNG Energy, LLC (GLE). The terminal includes a 5-mile sendout pipeline. The import terminal become operable in 2011. In 2015 Gulf LNG applied to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to become an export facility. The estimated cost for this project is $8 billion.

Gulf LNG currently consists of a single dock facility that is permitted to "receive up to 170,000 cubic meter LNG vessels and designed to handle vessels with capacities of up to 250,000 cubic meters. As part of the proposed liquefaction and export project, the permitted limit would be increased to 208,000 cubic meters."

The Jackson County Port Authority commissioners' 2015 budget includes $2.5 million for maintenance dredging at the Gulf LNG site.

If the liquefaction and export project proceeds, the terminal would retain its current capacity to import, store, and deliver natural gas, therefore the Gulf LNG Terminal would be bi-directional.

In July of 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the Gulf LNG export terminal in a 3-1 vote.

In April 2022, Kinder Morgan acknowledged that the plans for the export facility were shelved, and could be resurrected given high LNG spot prices.

A March 2023 progress report to the U.S. Department of Energy indicates that Gulf LNG continues to maintain the proposal, and that the company is still seeking contracts for LNG produced at the facility.

In May 2024, Kinder Morgan and its partners secured a five-year extension from FERC to complete the project by July 16, 2029.

In April 2026, Kinder Morgan requested that the U.S. Department of Energy extend its non-Free Trade Agreement export permit another five years through July 2031. Its current permit would require the project to begin exporting by the end of July 2026.

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