Texas pipeline project approved for start-up and will provide feed-gas for Freeport LNG plant
US regulators have approved the start-up of the Texas Eastern Transmission’s portion of the Stratton Ridge Expansion pipeline project designed to provide feed-gas to the Freeport LNG export plant at Quintana Island in Texas.
US pipeline firm Williams starts up Transco expansion to reach two LNG plants in Texas
Williams, the US pipeline and infrastructure company, said its Gulf Connector project has been placed into full service to expand its Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (Transco), the nation’s largest interstate natural gas pipeline, with more liquefied natural gas ventures.
Freeport LNG sales
June 26 (LNG) - Freeport LNG, the US export plant being constructed on Quintana Island in Texas, has signed a binding mid-term sales and purchase agreement with global commodities trading company Trafigura for 500,000 tonnes per annum over three years from July 1, 2020. The plan's first three Trains will be brought on stream in sequence, between the end of 2018 and the third quarter of 2019, giving around 15.3 MTPA of output. About 13.4 MTPA of capacity from the first three Trains has been contracted to European and Japanese contract holders, BP of the UK, Germany’s Uniper and Japan’s Jera Co. Inc. and Osaka Gas. The Texas venture, led by US energy entrepreneur Michael Smith, has also entered the authorization process of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to construct a fourth Train with 5.1 MTPA of output and with operations starting as early as 2022.
