LNG firm receives positive FERC review
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted Eagle LNG a favorable review of its draft environmental impact statement (DEIS), enabling the company to proceed with the Jacksonville Export Project.
Approval of the environmental impact statement draft continues Eagle LNG’s success in using small-scale Liquefied Natural Gas to supply bunkering to the marine industry and provide small-scale cargoes to markets in the Caribbean.
“Our customers, and potential clients, join us in being encouraged that FERC has released the DEIS ahead of schedule,” Sean Lalani, president of Eagle LNG Partners, said. “It moves us considerably closer to meeting our goal of expanding clean burning, domestic and affordable LNG supply for marine bunkering and for small-scale LNG projects in the Caribbean. Once completed, the Jacksonville Export Facility will be the lowest cost source of small-scale LNG available for our marine bunkering and power generation clients.”
Lalani said the Jacksonville Export Project would inject $500 million of infrastructure investment while providing numerous well-paying direct and indirect jobs in Florida. Upon completion, it would contribute to improving air quality in Florida, the east coast and the Caribbean as users transition to the use of natural gas from fuel oil and diesel.
“We want to acknowledge and thank all the cooperating federal agencies for their work on this, the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, along with many others,” Lalani said.
