EIA: initial cargo of LNG ships from Mexico
Published by Poppy Clements,
Assistant Editor
Hydrocarbon Engineering,
Developer, New Fortress Energy, produced the LNG aboard an offshore Floating LNG (FLNG) production vessel with a capacity to liquefy up to 0.199 billion ft3/d of natural gas — one of two FLNG production units that are part of the Fast LNG Altamira export project on the east coast of Mexico. US natural gas delivered via the Sur de Texas-Tuxpan pipeline supplies the project.
The FLNG production vessel has a modular design and is accompanied by a floating storage vessel (floating storage unit, or FSU) to store LNG until it is transferred to an LNG vessel carrier for delivery to import destinations.
LNG exports from this project are subject to regulatory approvals by the US Department of Energy (DOE) because it is fed by natural gas sourced from the US. The DOE has authorised 0.43 billion ft3/d of LNG exports from Fast LNG Altamira to countries with which the US has a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Fast LNG Altamira also requested export authorisation for 0.4 billion ft3/d of exports to non-FTA countries, which is currently pending. FTA countries combined imported 7.4 billion ft3/d of global LNG supply in 2023, accounting for 14% of the global LNG imports, according to data by the International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers (GIIGNL). The LNG import (regasification) capacity of FTA countries is approximately 27.3 billion ft3/d.
Mexico’s Energia Costa Azul LNG terminal on the west coast is also currently under construction; it has an export capacity of 0.4 billion ft3/dfor Phase 1 and an additional 1.6 billion ft3/d for Phase 2 (proposed). Developers proposed other LNG export projects for Mexico’s west coast, including Saguaro Energia LNG (2.0 billion ft3/d capacity), Amigo LNG (1.0 billion ft3/d capacity), Gato Negro LNG (0.6 billion ft3/d capacity), Salina Cruz LNG (0.4 billion ft3/d capacity), and Vista Pacifico LNG (0.5 billion ft3/d capacity), with a combined export capacity of nearly 4.5 billion ft3/d.
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