By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 18 -- Woodside Natural Gas Inc. has applied for federal and city permits to build and operate its deepwater OceanWay LNG project off Los Angeles (OGJ, Apr. 17, 2006, Newsletter).
The project would use LNG carriers with regasification equipment and flexible pipelines aboard ship to preclude the need for a permanent surface facility.
Woodside submitted applications to the US Coast Guard and Maritime Administration for a deepwater port license and to the city of Los Angeles for a gas pipeline franchise.
It wants to install two delivery buoys more than 20 miles off Los Angeles International Airport and dual pipelines to shore for connection with the distribution network.
When not connected to ships, the buoys would sink to 60 m below surface.
The project initially could deliver an average 400 MMcfd of natural gas. Subsequent phases could raise capacity to 800 MMcfd and 1.2 bcfd.