Federal regulators have found that Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) and its partners in Elba Island LNG could proceed with a 0.4 million metric tons/year (mmty) expansion project without significant environmental impact.

Elba Liquefaction Co. LLC, a joint venture between KMI, Blackstone Credit and an undisclosed third party, filed a request with FERC last October to approve an optimization project for the liquefied natural gas terminal in Chatham County, GA.

Staff with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission concluded in a recently published environmental assessment that the firm could upgrade its existing equipment and add new processing equipment and liquid nitrogen vaporizers without exceeding its environmental authorizations.

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