The Freeport LNG terminal is six miles from open water off a 45-foot deep ship channel in Quintana Island, Texas, which can accommodate LNG carriers as well as LNG vessels.

The facility consists of a marine berthing dock and associated unloading facilities for LNG ships, a new and expanded vaporization system, two LNG storage tanks, and a 9.6-mile long natural gas send-out pipeline.

Phase 1 of the construction included two 160,000 cubic meter LNG storage tanks and one piled dock capable of handling LNG vessels in excess of 200,000 cubic meters, in order to accommodate the largest LNG tankers under construction today. The first phase of the project allows the facility to have a send-out capacity of 1.75 Bcf/d.

Expansion

Phase 2 of the project will increase the LNG import terminal’s planned send-out capacity from 1.75 billion cubic feet per day to 4.0 Bcf/d and the number of LNG ships from 200 to 400 ships per year. Also, during this phase, the project requires for an abandoned barge dock to be removed, dredging of a second ship berth adjacent to the Phase 1 berth, an expansion of the existing vaporization facilities and utility systems to accommodate the increased terminal capacity, and construction of a third LNG tank west of and adjacent to storage tanks.

Natural gas will be transported through a 9.4-mile pipeline to Stratton Ridge, Texas, which is a major point of interconnection with the Texas intrastate gas pipeline system.