The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has delivered a final environmental assessment for New Fortress Energy Inc.’s (NFE) offshore Altamira LNG project as the firm awaits delivery of a component that could allow it to begin exporting U.S. natural gas from Mexico’s eastern coast.

NFE previously requested to re-export 145 Bcf/year, or 400 MMcf/d, from Texas through Altamira until 2050. It received partial authorization in March, but the firm has been awaiting an environmental review of the project before DOE makes a final export authorization decision.

DOE staff wrote in the assessment that the proposed action is to grant authorization as long as the project is ultimately deemed to be in the public interest.

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