Liberty FSRU

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Liberty FSRU, also known as Port Ambrose LNG Facility, is a cancelled (confirmed) LNG import terminal in United States.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Liberty FSRU	Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States	40.222884, -74.010232 (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
Liberty FSRU	import	cancelled (confirmed)	18 mtpa	18.0 mtpa	True	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Liberty FSRU	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
Liberty FSRU	import	cancelled (confirmed)	–	–	–	–	2012 (cancelled)

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Liberty FSRU	import	cancelled (confirmed)	Sonde Resources Corp [100%]	Sonde Resources Corp [100.0%]	–

Background

Liberty FSRU was a proposed LNG terminal in New Jersey, United States. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed the proposal in 2011, citing risks to New Jersey's shoreline, tourism, and fishing and shellfish industries.

Liberty Natural Gas withdrew its applications to build the import terminal in 2012, saying they did so to avoid confusion when filing permits for a "substantially revised" project. Liberty Natural Gas said they would refile at a later date. In July 2013, Liberty Natural Gas revamped the project as the Port Ambrose LNG facility.

Opposition

In October 2014, around 200 protesters concerned about potential environmental impacts of the Port Ambrose LNG facility gathered on the Long Beach boardwalk to oppose fracking and the planned natural gas terminal 19 miles offshore. Critics also said the proposed import terminal poses a safety risk, because it would be exposed to powerful storms.

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Additional data

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