A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight

  • The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has cleared Freeport LNG Development LP to introduce feed gas to Train 3 for commissioning and cool down. It also has granted permission to cool down the main rundown line that extends from the liquefaction trains to the liquefied natural gas tank area. 
  • The authorizations are the latest as the 2 Bcf/d facility works to restart after a June 8 explosion and fire that knocked it offline. Freeport already has cooled down its Loop 1 transfer piping so it can move LNG to one of its docks and has reinstated boil-off gas management at the facility. It is also awaiting approval to load LNG ships from one of its docks.
  • The work it has completed and the latest approvals put the facility on track...