US DoE authorises Eagle Maxville small scale LNG exports
Published by Joseph Green,
Editor
LNG Industry,
The US Department of Energy has announced that it has approved a long-term application from Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville II LLC (Eagle Maxville) to export LNG in a quantity of 0.01 billion ft3 per day. Eagle Maxville is authorised to export domestically produced LNG in ISO containers loaded at the Maxville Facility located in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, to anywhere in the world not prohibited by US law or policy. Eagle Maxville intends to export to markets in the Caribbean Basin and elsewhere in the region.
With the tremendous increase in domestic natural gas production, the United States is transitioning to become a net exporter of natural gas in 2017. Eagle Maxville will contribute to those 2017 exports from the existing Maxville facility with authorisation granted. The Department of Energy has now authorised a total of 21.35 billion ft3 per day of natural gas exports to anywhere in the world not prohibited by US law or policy from existing and planned facilities in Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, and Maryland.
Increased natural gas production in the US is helping to improve our energy security while stimulating economic development and job creation around the country. This increase in domestic natural gas production is expected to continue, with the US Energy Information Administration’s Short Term Energy Outlook projecting an average dry natural gas production rate of 74.1 billion ft3 per day in 2017, the second highest on record.
The Energy Department conducted a review of the Eagle Maxville application, including seeking public comments. No comments were received in response to the public notice of the application, allowing the Department to issue its authorisation three months after receiving the application. This quick response demonstrates Secretary Perry’s commitment to expedited processing of LNG export application when ready for final action. Among other factors, the Department met its National Environmental Policy Act requirements in issuing a categorical exclusion and considered the economic and energy security of the application, including macroeconomic studies that showed positive benefits to the US economy in scenarios with LNG exports up to 28 billion ft3 per day.
Read the article online at: https://www.lngindustry.com/liquefaction/18092017/us-doe-authorises-eagle-maxville-small-scale-lng-exports/
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