CX-270951: Carib Energy (USA) LLC: Docket No. 26-31-LNG

Carib Energy (USA) LLC (Carib Energy) filed an application with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office on March 17, 2026. Carib Energy seeks blanket authorization to engage in short-term exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), either previously imported into Puerto Rico from foreign sources or received from sources within the United States, to non-free trade agreement countries. Carib Energy requests authorization to export this LNG in a volume equivalent to 14.6 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas on a cumulative basis for a two-year term. Carib Energy states that its proposed exports qualify as “small-scale natural gas exports” under DOE’s regulations at 10 CFR 590.102(p) and 590.208(a). Carib Energy seeks to both source and export LNG from the Crowley LNG Puerto Rico Truck Loading Facility (Crowley Facility) in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico in either approved IMO7/TVAC-ASME LNG (ISO) containers transported on ocean-going vessels or in small-scale LNG vessels. DOE’s proposed action is to authorize the exports described in the Application as small-scale natural gas exports.