The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Sept. 10 gave Texas-based Eagle LNG Partners LLC 5 more years to build and put in operation its small-scale LNG export project near Jacksonville, Fla., designed to serve domestic customers and those in the Caribbean basin.
FERC approved the private company’s extension request to Sept. 18, 2029. Eagle LNG was originally slated to complete the project by Sept. 19, 2024, but it told FERC in August that COVID-related supply chain hurdles and higher costs necessitated the extension.
The project is expected to have a processing capacity of 1.65 million gpd of LNG, with onsite LNG storage of 12 million gal.
Eagle LNG has spent more than $83 million to date for site acquisition, property taxes, facility engineering, technical consulting services, and safety and marine consulting services, the company told FERC. It expects construction to take 24-36 months and begin once the company reaches a final investment decision (FID), which is still pending.
FERC authorized Eagle LNG to site, construct, and operate the Jacksonville-area project in September 2019 (OGJ Online, Sep. 23, 2019). The US Department of Energy authorized LNG exports from the plant a few weeks later, allowing it to export as much as 0.14 bcfd of gas as LNG (OGJ Online, Oct. 5, 2019).
