History of Proposed LNG Plants at Port of Brownsville
2004
September 23, 2004 — J. Mark Robinson, Director, Office of Energy Projects, FERC. Released PowerPoint, slide 7 has Brownsville, TX listed as a planned terminal location.
November 19, 2004 — Commissioner Suedeen G. Kelly, FERC released PowerPoint. Slide 12 depicts Brownsville, TX is a planned terminal, under the Office of Energy Projects.
2013
October 09, 2013 — Annova LNG, LLC (Annova) announced today that they have filed an application with the Department of Energy (DOE) to receive authorization to export domestically produced LNG to free trade agreement (FTA) countries from its facility in the Port of Brownsville.
December 2013 — Texas LNG secures site in Port of Brownsville, Texas, and submits application to export up to 2 MTA to FTA and non-FTA markets.
2014
January 2014 — Texas LNG announces that it has filed an application to the United States Department of Energy (DOE) seeking authorization to export up to 2 MTA of LNG to FTA (Free Trade Agreement) and non-FTA markets.
February 2014 — Texas LNG begins its community outreach program visiting Brownsville, Texas and meeting with town Mayor, US Congressman's office, Port Authorities, Utility company and other stakeholders. This visit was covered by an article in the Brownsville Herald newspaper on February 21 2014.
March 2014 — Texas LNG, in cooperation with the Brownsville Economic Development Council, hosted an informative seminar on natural gas & LNG, and the benefits of the Texas LNG project to the Brownsville and Rio Grande Valley region. Seminar was attended by community leaders, authorities, education institutions, development advocates, local businesses, and other stakeholders. This seminar was covered by an article in the Brownsville Herald newspaper on April 1 2014.
June 2014 — Texas LNG receives DOE approval to export LNG to Free Trade Agreement countries, forges strategic & engineering alliance with Samsung to develop Brownsville LNG export project and signs Feed Gas Supply Cooperation Agreement.
December 2014 — Texas LNG Receives Equity Investment from Third Point LLC and Initiates FEED for Brownsville LNG Project.
2015
March 9, 2015 — Texas LNG files with FERC to commence Pre-filing process for Brownsville LNG project and expands Project site to 625 acres. The project has been assigned Docket No. PF15-14.
March 13, 2015 — Annova LNG Brownsville C, LLC and certain affiliates (Annova LNG) have filed a request with FERC to initiate pre-filing environmental review procedures for a proposed 6 million tonnes per year gas liquefaction facility and LNG export terminal in the Port of Brownsville, Texas. Natural gas will be supplied to the project via the BND South Delivery Header from the Isla Grande Pipeline, a planned non-FERC jurisdictional, intrastate pipeline system. Annova LNG projects it will commence operations in the fourth quarter 2019.
March 20, 2015 — Rio Grande LNG, LLC initiated an official request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to enter the NEPA Pre-File process. On March 23, 2015, the FERC accepted the application. On April 13, 2015, the FERC initiated the Pre-File process.
May 2015 — Texas LNG held community Open House meetings in Brownsville and Port Isabel. These events were attended by over 300 guests (over both events) and articles about the meetings were published in Brownsville Herald newspaper and other local media. Letters to the Editor in support of LNG development were also published.
November 2015 — Texas LNG issued a press release to announce the submission of all thirteen draft Resource Reports to the FERC and the forging of a technology alliance Agreement with Honeywell.
Texas LNG achieves a major development milestone – all thirteen draft Resource Reports have been submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) as Texas LNG prepares its formal application to site, construct, and operate its proposed two-phase 4 million metric tonnes per annum (“MTA”) LNG export facility in Brownsville, Texas.
2016
March 2016 — Texas LNG issued a press release to announce the filing of FERC application, achieving a key milestone in the regulatory process.
Texas LNG files formal application with the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) and is assigned filing docket number CP16-116-000.
Texas LNG joins a select group of eight LNG export projects currently engaged in the formal FERC filing process, of which only three others are greenfield projects similar to Texas LNG.
Represents significant step towards achieving a Final Investment Decision (“FID”) in 2017 and first LNG shipments in 2020.
May 5th, 2016 — NextDecade, LLC, a development and management company of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, announced today that it has filed an application with the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for authorization to site, construct and operate Rio Grande LNG, a proposed 27 Mtpa LNG export facility near Brownsville, Texas and the Rio Bravo Pipeline, a 137-mile pipeline system that will provide the facility with its feed gas.
August 31, 2016 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and NextDecade, LLC, developer of the proposed multi-billion dollar Rio Grande Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project at the Port of Brownsville, have entered into a strategic partnership to foster STEM-based (science, technology, engineering and math) education programs, facilitate research and job training opportunities for UTRGV students, and promote collaboration between academia and industry as they seek common solutions to societal challenges today and into the future.
September 07, 2016 — NextDecade, LLC announced today that the United States Department of Energy (DOE) has authorized the export of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from its proposed Rio Grande LNG facility to Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries.
2017
January 2017 — Texas LNG issued a press release to announce the execution of term sheets exceeding 3 MTA with Asian LNG buyers.
Four 20-year Term Sheets signed with state-owned and private LNG buyers in South East Asia and China for a volume of 3.1 million tonnes per annum (“MTA”).
Negotiations for definitive Liquefaction Tolling Agreements (“LTA”) and Sale Purchase Agreements (“SPA”) are ongoing.
Phase 1 capacity oversubscribed; Texas LNG now marketing Phase 2 volumes.
Final Investment Decision (“FID”) expected in 2018 and first LNG shipments in 2021-2022, in line with projected global market requirements
March 2017 — Texas LNG issued a press release to announce that Samsung Engineering and KBR will design and build the LNG export facility. Samsung Engineering and KBR will provide Texas LNG with pre-Final Investment Decision (“pre-FID”) Detailed Engineering and post-Final Investment Decision (“post-FID”) Engineering, Procurement & Construction (“EPC”) Pre-FID Detailed Engineering, expected to begin this year, will include further design and schedule optimization, identification of long lead items and early works commitments, early preparation of purchase orders, and all due diligence in relation to technical commercial and contractual matters that will enable Samsung Engineering and KBR to execute a lump sum turnkey (“LSTK”) EPC contract for the Texas LNG plant.
Samsung Engineering is one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and project management (EPC & PM) companies, employing 17,000 people worldwide and delivering over 1,000 projects around the globe for over 40 years since foundation in 1970.
KBR, Inc. is a global technology, engineering, procurement and construction company serving the hydrocarbons and government services industries, employing over 22,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries. A leader and early innovator in the LNG industry, KBR has managed and developed about one third of the world's LNG capacity.