Department of Energy approves Gulf LNG Liquefaction project
The Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company (GLLC) can now export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its Gulf LNG Liquefaction Project centered in Mississippi, thanks to a new order from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy.
The DOE order grants GLLC the authority to export up to 1.53 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day as LNG from the proposed project. They will be allowed to export their LNG product to any country not benefiting from a U.S. free trade agreement or trade prohibition. GLLC will be authorized to do so for 20 years.
“This announcement advances the Trump administration’s commitment to energy security here at home and for our friends abroad,” Energy Secretary Rick Perry said. “Increased amounts of U.S. LNG on the world market benefit the American economy, American workers, and consumers and help make the air cleaner around the globe.”
GLLC will share ownership of the Gulf LNG Liquefaction Project with Kinder Morgan’s Southern Gulf LNG Company, LLC. They have already been authorized to site, construct, and operate the project by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
With GLLC’s addition to national exports, the DOE said that 34.52 Bcf/d of LNG exports have been approved for non-free trade agreement nations.
