Kinder Morgan has received the okay to start exporting LNG from its 10th and final Train at Elba Island.
Yesterday, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authorised the operator to commence operations at the newly completed Train 10.
According to analysts, this marks the end of the first wave of US LNG export projects that kicked off in early 2016 when the first cargo left Cheniere’s Sabine Pass export terminal.
Elba Island was originally designed as an import terminal but shipped its first export cargo last December.
All 10 trains were built to a moveable modular liquefaction system design and as a result, are smaller and can easily be disassembled and moved.
Each train has a liquefaction capacity of 0.3 mill tonnes per year, capable of loading around three LNGCs per month
Train 2 remains closed following a fire in a mixed refrigerant compressor in May.
Shell has taken all of its tolling capacity.
