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Chevron Files FERC Application for Casotte Landing, MS LNG Project
Chevron Corp. said Thursday it has the support of the Mississippi governor for a new LNG import terminal it plans to locate in Jackson County, MS, alongside its Pascagoula refinery on the Gulf Coast.
“I welcome and support Chevron’s plans to invest in vital natural gas infrastructure that will help meet the future energy needs of Mississippi and the Southeast. This good news will be very important in helping the Mississippi Gulf Coast recover from the destruction of Hurricane Katrina,” Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said. “Adding LNG to the energy mix strengthens Mississippi’s position as a key player in providing critical energy infrastructure.”
Chevron proposed its Casotte Landing LNG terminal, to be located adjacent to the Chevron-owned Pascagoula refinery, just two days after it was revealed the company had put its more ambitious Port Pelican offshore terminal on hold (see Daily GPI, Oct. 5). The new Chevron project, filed at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by subsidiary Bayou Casotte Energy LLC, will have a regasification capacity of 1.3 Bcf/d.
Chevron Global Gas President John Gass said, “This project can help meet the projected increase in demand for energy in the United States. Recent events have underscored the critical need for reliable and diverse supplies of natural gas and the important role increased LNG imports can play in the energy future of this country.”
Chevron already has an LNG import project underway in Baja California Norte, Mexico. Terminal GNL Mar Adentro offshore Tijuana near South Coronado Island has received all of its major permits for construction. Chevron plans to bring LNG to that terminal from the Gorgon Field offshore western Australia.
Chevron also has an agreement for the use of 700 MMcf/d of LNG regasification capacity at Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG receiving terminal being developed in Cameron Parish, LA.
The Coast Guard announced Tuesday that it had stopped work on the environmental impact statement for the Port Pelican terminal offshore Louisiana after Chevron had dropped its lease on onshore facilities that would be used to construct the offshore terminal. Chevron said it had put the project on hold because of the timing of availability of upstream liquefaction capacity. Others have pointed out there have been significant problems with the design of offshore facilities.
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