First New US LNG Terminal In Nearly 30 Years Takes 1st Shipment In Cameron Parish

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The nation's first new onshore terminal for liquefied natural gas in nearly 30 years received its inaugural world shipment last week in Cameron Parish.

Situated on the Sabine-Neches Waterway in the city of Cameron, the new Sabine Pass LNG Terminal will be the largest in the world because of its regasification capacity, and each day could send out the equivalent of 5 percent of total U.S. natural gas consumption, or more gas than all of Louisiana consumes in one day.

Condensing natural gas to an icy cool liquid (about -260 degrees F) has been considered a major advancement in fossil fuels processing. Gas is now easier to move from isolated areas of discovery, like Nigeria, Trinidad or Malaysia to consumers far away in the U.S. or Europe while still staying affordable.

LNG also ignited controversy and protests around the U.S. by citizens who fear the tankers are a target for terrorist attacks. Citizens in Hawaii, the Northeast and West Coast have rallied against LNG terminals being built, saying they don't want shipments floating near them after accidental explosions in other countries have flattened buildings, and caused burns to people living as far as a mile away.

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[BayouBengal07]

1. Cool

Good news for Louisiana. LNG is pretty neat stuff.

(I should say I'm a bit biased; my dad does environmental law work and he's been working for years on an LNG hub in the Gulf of Mexico for Freeport McMoRan...)