Dec 18 (LNGJ) - The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said Trans-Foreland Pipeline Co. a subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum Corp, has permission to convert the former small-scale Kenai LNG export plant into an import terminal. The FERC permit gives Trans-Foreland two years to put the proposed facility into service. Trans-Foreland plans to import around four LNG shipments per annum for use in the adjacent Kenai Refinery.
The previous Kenai export plant, started by Marathon and predecessor companies of ConocoPhillips, entered service in 1969 and shipped cargoes to Japanese utilities for 47 years. The FERC filing on Trans-Foreland had a second filing attached in which one of the Commissioners, Richard Glick, issued a dissenting vote. “The Commission is again refusing to consider the consequences its actions have for climate change,” he stated.
