Americas News
LNG Plant to Supply Refuelling Stations
An 8 million-tonne-per-annum liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant planned for a U.S. Gulf Coast port will be able to supply LNG refuelling stations around the region, Australian investment site Proactive Investors reports.
The project, Magnolia LNG (MLNG) export plant at Lake Charles, Louisiana, being built by the Australian company Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, is on schedule to apply for full filing status from U.S. regulators in March or April of this year.
"MLNG is well positioned to provide access for the loading of LNG onto LNG ships for exports, LNG Barges for marine distribution to mini-LNG refuelling stations as well as LNG Trucks for potential road distribution to LNG refuelling stations within Louisiana and other surrounding U.S. states," the news site reports.
The plant will be connected with the Kinder Morgan Louisiana Gas Pipeline and two other major underutilised pipelines are located within three miles of the site, allowing the project to source gas from 11 major transportation corridors.
The first LNG bunkering facility in the U.S. is set to start operations early this year in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, about 240 miles east of Lake Charles.
A recent report said that North America is "leapfrogging" Europe in the adoption of LNG bunkering.
