Monkey Island LNG Terminal
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Monkey Island LNG Terminal is an LNG export terminal in United States with units that are proposed.
Location
Table 1: Location details
| Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 (T1-T3) | Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States | 29.7936271, -93.3414397 (approximate) |
| Phase 2 (T4-T5) | Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States | 29.7936271, -93.3414397 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 (T1-T3) | export[1] | proposed[2] | 15.6 mtpa[1] | 26.0 mtpa | False | – |
| Phase 2 (T4-T5) | export[1] | proposed[2] | 10.4 mtpa[1] | 26.0 mtpa | False | – |
Table 3: Cost
| Name | Facility type | Cost | Total known terminal costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 (T1-T3) | export[1] | –[1] | US$25,000,000,000 |
| Phase 2 (T4-T5) | export[1] | –[1] | US$25,000,000,000 |
Financing
No financing data available.
Table 4: Project timeline
| Name | Facility type | Status | Proposal year | FID year | Construction year | Operating year | Inactive year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 (T1-T3) | export[1] | proposed[2] | 2025[2] | – | – | 2030[1] | – |
| Phase 2 (T4-T5) | export[1] | proposed[2] | 2025[2] | – | – | 2030[1] | – |
Ownership
Table 5: Ownership
| Name | Facility type | Status | Owners | Parent companies | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 (T1-T3) | export[1] | proposed[2] | Monkey Island LNG[3] | Southern California Telephone Company Inc | – |
| Phase 2 (T4-T5) | export[1] | proposed[2] | Monkey Island LNG[3] | Southern California Telephone Company Inc | – |
Background
Monkey Island LNG Terminal was a proposed LNG terminal in Louisiana, United States. The proposed project site was on a deepwater port along the Calcasieu Ship Channel, and was expected to be in operation by 2023.[4] Monkey Island LNG is expected to begin the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission pre-filing procedure in 2017.[5]
Despite having been proposed in 2014, as of August 2019 developers had not yet filed formal applications with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),[6] nor had developers announced any financing decisions.[7]
There have been no development updates in over four years and the project was inferred to be cancelled as of 2018.
In September 2025, the proposal appeared to be once again active. Monkey Island LNG announced that it had selected ConocoPhilipps for its planned facility[8] The same month, Monkey Island LNG announced an MOU with an "investment-grade International Oil Company" which said it would purchase, over 20 years, up to 5.2 mtpa of LNG, representing the entire first train of the project.[9] In addition, McDermott was selected as a contractor "to provide front-end engineering and planning services on the project."
Renewed Proposal (2025)
The project was originally planned as 6 trains that would be 2 mtpa each, totaling 12 mtpa of export capacity across the project. As of September 2025, however, the project was now described as a 26-mtpa facility built in two phases, with Phase 1 comprising 15.6 mtpa across 3 trains.[9] Phase 2 is planned to have two trains. The project was expected to come online in the early 2030s, and the total cost of the facility was now estimated to be US$25 billion.[10]
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 1.12 1.13 https://www.constructiondive.com/news/mcdermott-monkey-island-lng-contract/760689/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 https://fox4kc.com/business/press-releases/accesswire/1071231/monkey-island-lng-signs-major-mou-for-lng-offtake-with-an-international-oil-company-ioc-advancing-billions-u-s-gulf-coast-lng-project/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/monkey-island-lng-selects-conocophillips-120000164.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Monkey Island LNG Company Overview, Monkey Island LNG, Accessed 11 June 2017
- ↑ Monkey Island LNG Regulatory Updates, Monkey Island LNG, Accessed 11 June 2017
- ↑ Kristen Mosbrucker, Commonwealth LNG files application to export from southwest Louisiana by 2024 The Advocate, August 19, 2019
- ↑ Kristen Mosbrucker, Louisiana leads nation in natural gas as net exports double, Lake Charles metro sees most gains The Advocate, October 30, 2019
- ↑ "Monkey Island LNG Selects ConocoPhillips' Optimized Cascade(R) Process Technology". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://fox4kc.com/business/press-releases/accesswire/1071231/monkey-island-lng-signs-major-mou-for-lng-offtake-with-an-international-oil-company-ioc-advancing-billions-u-s-gulf-coast-lng-project/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
- ↑ "McDermott lands role on $25B Louisiana LNG plant". Construction Dive. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
