Name of the Project
Annova LNG Brownsville project.
Location
The project will be built at a proposed site on the Brownsville Ship Channel in Cameron County, Texas, in the US.
Client
Annova LNG.
Project Description
The project aims to build and operate a six-million-tonne-a-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to liquefy and export natural gas.
The project will include:
• pipeline meter station,
• liquefaction facilities,
• two LNG storage tanks,
• marine and LNG transfer facilities,
• two LNG storage tanks,
• a control room and administration/maintenance building, a site access road, and utilities (power, water, and communication systems).
Natural gas will be delivered to the project site through a nonjurisdictional intrastate, 81-cm-diameter natural gas pipeline lateral that will be built, owned, and operated by a third party.
Potential Job Creation
During construction, 700 jobs will be created and once operational, employing 165 workers.
Value
The project is expected to cost more than $3-billion.
Duration
Commercial operations are scheduled for 2024.
Latest Developments
Annova received its draft environmental-impact statement (EIS) prepared by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in December 2018.
In reference to the project’s overall environmental impact, the FERC said that “with the mitigation measures recommended in the EIS and Annova’s proposed mitigation measures, impacts in the project area would be avoided or minimised and would not be significant”.
Key Contracts and Suppliers
Black & Veatch and Kiewit (engineering, procurement and construction).
On Budget and on Time?
Too early to state.
Contact Details for Project Information
Annova LNG communications, Christina Pratt, email info@annovalng.com.