Monkey Island LNG Terminal

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Monkey Island LNG Terminal was a proposed LNG terminal on Monkey Island, Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States. There have been no development updates in over four years and the project is presumed to be cancelled.

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Project Details

  • Owner: SCT&E LNG LLC
  • Parent company: SCT&E LNG LLC
  • Location: Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States
  • Coordinates: 29.793627106341738, -93.34143968626063 (approximate)
  • Type: Export
  • Trains: 6[1]
  • Capacity: 12 mtpa (2 mtpa per train)[1]
  • Status: Cancelled
  • Start Year: 2022

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Background

Monkey Island LNG Terminal wass a proposed LNG terminal in Louisiana, United States.[1] The proposed project site was on a deepwater port along the Calcasieu Ship Channel, and was expected to be in operation by 2023.[2] Monkey Island LNG is expected to begin the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission pre-filing procedure in 2017.[3]

Despite having been proposed in 2014, as of August 2019 developers had not yet filed formal applications with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),[4] nor had developers announced any financing decisions.[5]

There have been no development updates in over four years and the project is presumed to be cancelled as of 2018.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Monkey Island LNG Export Terminal Project, A Barrel Full, 1 January 2017
  2. Monkey Island LNG Company Overview, Monkey Island LNG, Accessed 11 June 2017
  3. Monkey Island LNG Regulatory Updates, Monkey Island LNG, Accessed 11 June 2017
  4. Kristen Mosbrucker, Commonwealth LNG files application to export from southwest Louisiana by 2024 The Advocate, August 19, 2019
  5. Kristen Mosbrucker, Louisiana leads nation in natural gas as net exports double, Lake Charles metro sees most gains The Advocate, October 30, 2019

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