By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 2 -- Sempra LNG, San Diego, reported it plans to begin construction within the next 2 months on its Cameron LNG receiving terminal near Lake Charles, La.
The terminal, slated for completion in late 2008, will have an initial sendout capacity of 1.5 bcfd of natural gas. It is located near Henry Hub about 15 miles south of Lake Charles, La.
Italy's Eni SPA has agreed to take 600 MMcfd of natural gas—40% of the capacity of the terminal—for 20 years, beginning in 2009, and Sempra said it expects to have the full terminal capacity under contract within a year.
Aker Kvaerner of Norway and Tokyo-based Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries won a contract earlier this year for engineering, procurement, and construction of the terminal (OGJ Online, Jan. 13, 2005).
Eni and other terminal customers will have access to US interstate and intrastate natural gas pipelines from the terminal via a 35-mile, 36-in. pipeline to be constructed and operated by Cameron Interstate Pipeline LLC for Sempra Pipelines & Storage (OGJ Online, Apr. 18, 2005).
