Sempra Energy Delays Port Arthur LNG Project Decision to 2021
By Jason Cockerham
(P&GJ) — Sempra LNG has announced it has postponed a Final Investment Decision (FID) on its Port Arthur LNG project to 2021 due to market uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Sempra Energy, owner of Sempra LNG, announced the decision during the company’s first quarter earnings call.
Phase 1 of the project is expected to include two liquefaction trains and three storage tanks enabling the facility to export approximately 13.5 Mtpa of LNG on a long-term basis.
Sempra says a potential expansion of the facility could include up to eight trains with approximately 45 Mtpa of capacity.
In May last year, Saudi Aramco signed a 20-year agreement to buy LNG from the facility and also agreed to buy a 25% equity stake in the first phase of the multi-billion-dollar project.
On Thursday Aramco announced it had paused a deal to charter tanker vessels to transport LNG from the Port Arthur facility, Reuters reported a source as saying.
Earlier this year, Sempra signed a fixed price, EPC contract with Bechtel to construct the export terminal.
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