New Fortress Energy, the US LNG and power company that owns and operates facilities in five countries, has extended the schedules for first LNG at the floating liquefaction plant offshore Altamira in the Gulf of Mexico and the first cargo will now be shipped in July rather than June.
Wes Edens, Chairman and Chief Executive of New York-based NFE, had previously said that the first cargo from the FLNG facility was expected in June.
The FLNG production facility is located in Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico offshore the port of Altamira where there is already an onshore LNG import terminal.
“The company has made tremendous progress on its path towards the start of liquefaction operations,” said a statement from New Fortress, which is listed on the Nasdaq global exchange
“As of June 14, the work necessary to begin operations is complete and the company has also completed the full remainder of pre-commissioning activities,” explained NFE.
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“The company now expects to produce LNG in the next 10 days, and then expects to be able to deliver its first cargo in July,” the company added.
The FLNG facility has also received a positive ruling from the US Customs and Border Protection agency confirming that the transportation of LNG produced at NFE’s FLNG unit can transport cargoes on non-US Jones Act qualified vessels.
As a result of this ruling, NFE will be able to sell and deliver LNG produced at its FLNG facility offshore Mexico to US locations, including the territory of Puerto Rico.
The progress on FLNG in the Gulf of Mexico comes amid advances in import and power projects in the South American nation of Brazil.
NFE has now commenced operations in Brazil at both of its LNG import terminals and has 2.2 gigawatts of power plants under construction.
One of the NFE Brazilian terminals is located at Barcarena in the northeast state of Pará.
The second is at Santa Catarina, located in the state of the same name in the far south of Brazil.
NFE noted that along with the existing 630 megawatt power plant and a 25-year agreement, the Barcarena terminal would supply LNG to power capacity owned by NFE.
