MarAd, U.S. Coast Guard begin review proposed off-shore LNG terminal

MarAd, U.S. Coast Guard begin review proposed off-shore LNG terminal    The U.S. Maritime Administration and Coast Guard will review an application for construction of a new offshore-liquefied natural gas terminal in the U.S. Gulf.
   Houston-based Gulf Landing LLC submitted the application to build the terminal. MarAd and Coast Guard officials must approve the application under the 1974 Deepwater Port Act.
   Gulf Landing’s proposed LNG terminal will be located 38 miles south of Cameron, La., and near an existing shipping fairway servicing the Calcasieu River and area ports.
   The terminal will be able to handle up to 180,000 cubic meters of LNG and vaporize up to 1.2 billion cubic feet per day. Gulf Landing said the terminal will be able to receive LNG carriers with 125,000 to 160,000 cubic meter capacities and unload up to 135 LNG ships a year.
   The terminal will consist of two concrete gravity base structures, which will house the LNG containment facilities, along with topside unloading and vaporization structures, living quarters and a ship berthing system. The terminal will deliver gas to the onshore national pipeline grid for deliver to consumer markets east of the Rockies.
   The agencies plan to hold a public hearing no later than Sept. 20, which will be announced in the Federal Register. A decision on the application must then be made within 90 days after the last public hearing held, the agencies said.