FERC Schedule Notice of Environmental Review for Commonwealth LNG 

Commonwealth LNG announced yesterday the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. Commonwealth LNG is an 8.4 MTPA liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal project on the U.S. Gulf Coast near Cameron, Louisiana.

Located on the west side of the Calcasieu Ship Channel, near the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico, the Commonwealth LNG will include six LNG storage tanks each with a capacity of 40,000 m3, one marine loading berth capable of loading LNG carriers up to a capacity of 216,000 m3, and a 3.04-mile long, 30-inch diameter Pipeline that will connect the LNG Facility with existing intrastate and interstate pipelines for the purpose of supplying gas to Commonwealth LNG.

"We are very pleased to receive FERC’s Issuance of Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. It confirms that our project remains on schedule to take FID in Q1 2021 and start commercial operations in Q1 2024,” said Paul Varello, Commonwealth LNG’s President and CEO.

Schedule of Environmental Review

·Issuance of the draft EIS in May 2020

·Issuance of Notice of Availability of the final EIS October 2, 2020

·90-day Federal Authorization Decision Deadline December 31, 2020