By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Mar. 6 -- ConocoPhillips and Dutch energy firm Essent Energie BV, Arnhem, have begun seeking permits for an LNG terminal in the Netherlands after a study found the project feasible (OGJ Online, June 24, 2005).
The receiving and regasification terminal, to be built at Eemshaven, in Eemsmond, North Groningen, will include storage facilities and a jetty. The companies last year executed a land option agreement with owner of the 100-acre site, Groningen Seaports, which agreed to deepen the channel in the (Wester) Eems to accommodate LNG ships.
The Ministry of Transport, Public Works, and Water Management and Groningen Seaports will perform any dredging needed in the environmentally sensitive Waddenzee region.
The companies have submitted an environmental impact assessment to the province of Groningen and are continuing detailed studies of the terminal, which is expected to be operational by 2010.
