A developer is proposing to build and operate a deepwater port that would export liquefied natural gas from about 10 miles off the coast of southeast Texas.
ST LNG has filed an application with the Maritime Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard, according to a notice set to be published Monday in the Federal Register.
The facility, which could export up to 8.4 million metric tons of gas per year, would add to the production capacity of gas export terminals already running onshore as well as those under construction or not yet built. No deepwater LNG export facilities are currently operational in the United States.
The nation is forecast to export 15 billion cubic feet per day of LNG in 2025, according to the latest short-term energy outlook from the Department of Energy’s statistical agency. That volume is expected to grow by more than 6 percent from 2025 to 2026, the report showed.
