Neptune LNG Terminal
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Neptune LNG Terminal is a mothballed LNG import terminal in United States.
Location
Table 1: Location details
| Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Neptune LNG Terminal | Boston, Massachusetts, United States[1] | 42.573468, -70.665422 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neptune LNG Terminal | import[2] | mothballed[3][4] | – | – | False | – |
Table 3: Cost
| Name | Facility type | Cost | Total known terminal costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neptune LNG Terminal | import[2] | – | – |
Financing
No financing data available.
Table 4: Project timeline
| Name | Facility type | Status | Proposal year | FID year | Construction year | Operating year | Inactive year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neptune LNG Terminal | import[2] | mothballed[3][4] | – | – | – | 2010[1] | 2013 (mothballed)[3][4] |
Ownership
Table 5: Ownership
| Name | Facility type | Status | Owners | Parent companies | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neptune LNG Terminal | import[2] | mothballed[3][4] | Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd; Höegh Evi[2][2] | Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd; Morgan Stanley | – |
Background
The Neptune facility is supplemented by a deepwater terminal located 10 miles off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts known as the Neptune Deepwater Port.[5] The import facility was originally operationally in 2010, and only received a few small shipments that year before sitting idle.[6] Due to the facility's inability to receive a consistent supply of natural gas imports, Neptune requested the US Maritime Administration's authorization to temporarily suspend port operations for 5 years. Neptune LNG's request was approved in 2013.[7]
As of August 2025, the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) had received a request from Neptune LNG to continue the suspension of operations at the facility through 2027.[8] As such the facility was still considered to be mothballed.
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/01/23/offshore-gas-terminals-mass-bust-far/Qu8dyZzF6yBNAsDNaTT1ZJ/story.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 https://www.marinelink.com/news/delivery-neptune-suez332717.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 http://www.lngworldnews.com/usa-neptune-suspends-lng-deepwater-port-operations/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/19/2025-15808/deepwater-port-license-amendment-of-the-neptune-lng-llc-deepwater-port-license-and-temporary.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Neptune Deepwater Port" GDF Suez, accessed September 23, 2015.
- ↑ "2 Costly LNG Terminals Sit Idle" Jay Fitzgerald, Boston Globe, 23 January 2013.
- ↑ "Neptune Deepwater Port" USA: Neptune Suspends LNG Deepwater Port Operations LNG World News, 29 July 2013.
- ↑ "Federal Register :: Request Access". www.federalregister.gov. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
