Summary
On January 18, 2022, Cameron LNG, LLC (Cameron LNG) filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) in Docket No. CP22-41-000 for a limited amendment to the Commission’s May 5, 2016 Order in Docket No. CP15-560-000 (2016 Order). The 2016 Order authorized Cameron LNG to site, construct, and operate facilities at the site of the existing Cameron LNG liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana, to provide additional natural gas processing, storage, and liquefaction capability (Expansion Project). The Expansion Project, as approved by the 2016 Order, authorized an increase to Cameron LNG Terminal’s maximum natural gas liquefaction and export capabilities by 9.97 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), equivalent to 515 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per year, to a Terminal total of 24.92 MTPA.
In its amendment application, Cameron LNG requests to implement several design modifications and enhancements to reduce the overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the Expansion Project, allow for Cameron LNG to gain access to carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) facilities in the future, and to enhance the overall efficiency and productive capacity of the Expansion Project (Amended Expansion Project). In addition, Cameron LNG supplemented its application on March 18, 2022, by proposing an additional design enhancement to allow for the capability to simultaneously load two LNG vessels at a rate of 12,000 cubic meters/hour at both the North and South Jetties.
This EA was prepared by FERC, with DOE as a cooperating agency. DOE, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, has an obligation under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act to authorize the import and export of natural gas, including LNG, unless it finds that the import or export is not consistent with the public interest. (DOE's participation as a cooperating agency and assignment of a document number are not a commitment that DOE will adopt or supplement the EA.)
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