Delfin Midstream has filed another request with FERC for more time to build onshore metering, compression and pipeline facilities in Cameron Parish, LA, for its planned floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) export project offshore.

Delfin wants until Sept. 28, 2022 to complete the onshore facilities. It is the company’s third extension request. If built, it would be the first FLNG export terminal in the United States. A final investment decision (FID) on the entire project has also been pushed back to later this year or next, said CEO Dudley Poston. Under that timeline, LNG production could start in 2025 or 2026, he said. 

With the global economy recovering from the pandemic, Delfin said in its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission filing that it has entered “detailed...