By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Feb. 21 -- Chevron Corp. has received approval from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build the Casotte Landing regasification facility next to the company's 325,000 b/cd Pascagoula refinery in Jackson County, Miss.
The proposed project would process LNG for distribution to Mississippi, Florida, and the US Northeast. The facility would have a nominal processing capacity of 1.3 bcfd of gas.
"Casotte Landing would integrate with the refinery in a way that is mutually beneficial to both operations," said Roland Kell, Pascagoula refinery general manager, adding that there are many inherent synergies with locating a refinery and an LNG import terminal together, including marine operations and closed-loop regasification.
Chevron also has reserved 1 bcfd of regasification capacity at Cheniere's Sabine Pass LNG receiving terminal in southwestern Louisiana. Construction at this facility is about 55% complete and the terminal is scheduled to start operations in second quarter 2008. Chevron's commitment begins mid-2009.
Both the Sabine Pass capacity and the Casotte Landing facility can be integrated into Chevron's US Gulf Coast pipeline, storage, and terminal infrastructure.