Pilot LNG announces Galveston LNG Bunker Port project
Published by Callum O'Reilly,
Senior Editor
Hydrocarbon Engineering,
Pilot LNG LLC has announced the filing of its regulatory applications paving the way for the development of the region’s first dedicated LNG bunker terminal, Galveston LNG Bunker Port, to be located on Pelican Island, Galveston, Texas, US.
The company expects a Final Investment Decision on the project in the second half of 2021 and operations starting in 2024.
“Pilot LNG’s Galveston LNG Bunker Port will provide clean-burning LNG to one of the US’s largest Port complexes,” said Pilot LNG Chief Executive, Jonathan Cook. “The proposed Galveston LNG Bunker Port would provide the necessary infrastructure to supply the growing market for LNG marine fuel, substantially reducing marine emissions and cutting shippers’ fuel costs at the same time.”
The facility infrastructure will be designed around floating liquefaction (FLNG) technology to be engineered, and constructed by Pilot partner, Wison Offshore & Marine. “Wison is pleased to be part of this breakthrough US project by designing and building the liquefaction unit, that will supply LNG to the end-user market in the Galveston, Houston and Texas City port complex”, stated Vivian Li, head of Wison Offshore & Marine in North America. “Since delivering the world’s first FLNG facility currently operating in Argentina, Wison has developed numerous floating solutions across the LNG value chain, with a focus on promoting a cleaner energy infrastructure alternative to the global market.”
The Galveston Bay area, which encompasses the industrial Ports of Houston, Texas City and Galveston, is an ideal location to add LNG bunkering infrastructure with over 10 500 deep-water vessel visits in 2019, over 133 000 tug/tow movements on the Houston Ship Channel, and the nation’s fourth busiest cruise terminal.
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/tanks-terminals/20072020/pilot-lng-announces-galveston-lng-bunker-port-project/
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