DOE approves domestic export of liquefied natural gas by Eagle Maxville
With authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville II LLC, better known as Eagle Maxville, can now export small-scale liquefied natural gas anywhere not prohibited by law.
The amount of LNG shipments can come to no more than 0.01 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) but will allow the company’s Maxville Facility in Florida to begin exporting its goods. At present, intended recipients are markets in the Caribbean. While the DOE had reached out to the public during review of the Eagle Maxville request, no comments were received, allowing the department proceeded with authorization after three months.
As part of that approval process, the department considered macroeconomic studies to determine how the export increase would benefit the U.S. economy.
This is part of an increased interest by the department in domestic natural gas production under Secretary Rick Perry. Already, the department predicts that average dry natural gas production could reach a rate of 74.1 Bcf/d this year, and the DOE is pushing forward on other applications that could see those numbers rise. So far this year, the DOE has authorized 21.35 Bcf/d of natural gas exports.
