New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) received an export permit for its Altamira floating LNG (FLNG) hub from Mexico’s Ministry of Energy (Secretaría de Energía (SENER)).
In partnership with Comisión Federal de Electricidad, Mexico’s state-owned electric utility, NFE is developing a new floating hub off the coast of Altamira, Tamaulipas. NFE will deploy multiple 1.4-million tonnes/year (tpy) FLNG units using CFE’s existing firm pipeline transportation capacity on TC Energy’s Sur de Texas-Tuxpan Pipeline to deliver feedgas volumes to NFE (OGJ Online, Nov. 2, 2022; Feb. 14, 2023).
Construction of the first unit is over 90% complete. Deployment to Altamira is expected to begin this month with operations slated to begin in this year’s third quarter.
With the permit, NFE is now authorized to export up to 7.8 million tpy of LNG through April 2028, providing ample capacity to support operations of the 1.4-million tpy FLNG LNG unit through the permitted period, the company said in an update June 2.
NFE previously received authorization from the US Department of Energy to export US-sourced LNG to Mexico and other FTA countries.
