By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Jan. 11 -- Sempra LNG Corp., San Diego, plans to expand the production capacity of its Cameron LNG regasification terminal, under construction 15 miles south of Lake Charles, La., to 2.65 bcfd of natural gas from the originally planned 1.5 bcfd.
It has received Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval to begin the prefiling process for the proposed $250 million expansion and intends to start work in 2007 for completion in 2010.
The terminal site covers 275 acres along the Calcasieu River. Aker Kvaerner of Norway and Tokyo-based Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries are performing the engineering, construction, and procurement for this initial construction phase, which is scheduled for completion in late 2008 (OGJ Online, Aug. 2, 2005).
Expansion will add more gas processing facilities and a new LNG storage tank for a total of four 160,000 cu m capacity LNG storage tanks.
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires LNG facility applications to undergo a prefiling process. The final FERC decision on the expansion is expected in early 2007.