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Eagle LNG Submits Formal U.S. Application for LNG Facility
Eagle LNG Partners (Eagle LNG) has announced that it has filed a formal application with the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for authorisation to build and operate its planned natural gas liquefaction and export facilities on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida.
Eagle LNG says the Project is well positioned to support the maritime industry's fuel demand, specifically in relation to the 2020 global 0.50 percent sulfur cap on bunkers.
"This Project will help the maritime industry meet this major transition to stricter emissions levels by producing high-quality LNG for use in marine bunkering," said the company.
The proposed project is noted to include three liquefaction trains capable of producing up to 1.65 million gallons of LNG per day, or about 1 million tonnes each year.
"The dramatic growth of natural gas supply in the United States has created abundant and affordable natural gas reserves that make LNG a competitively priced fuel alternative to diesel and heavy fuel oil. In addition, natural gas fuel has significant environmental benefits, reducing air pollution and carbon emissions," said Dick Brown, CEO of Eagle LNG.
"If Eagle LNG receives permission from FERC to begin construction by the first quarter of 2018, we anticipate completion of the Project in 2019."
In May, Eagle LNG announced that it had begun construction on its "state-of-the-art" LNG plant in West Jacksonville, Florida, which was said to be slated to be ready to supply LNG bunkers to Crowley Maritime Corporation (Crowely) vessels by early 2017.
In October, Eagle LNG joined SEA\LNG, a cross-industry coalition intended accelerate the adoption of LNG as marine fuel.
