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Some of the LNG delivered to Pichilingue will be transported by truck (Image: NFE)
NFE did not reveal the terms or the value of savings and emissions reductions for the benefit
the deal. But it did say that it expected to sup- of the people of Baja California Sur.”
ply natural gas to the power stations via a new According to previous reports, NFE’s Pichi-
LNG import and regasification terminal now lingue terminal will allow Baja California Sur to
under construction in Pichilingue, a port in begin making use of natural gas for power gen-
Baja California Sur. The facility is scheduled to eration. The facility will be able to supply gas to
be completed and ready to begin receiving LNG an on-site TPP with a capacity of 105 MW, and it
shipments in May, the company noted. will also have a truck terminal capable of loading
Wes Edens, the chairman and CEO of NFE, LNG into tankers for delivery to local hotels and
described the supply agreement as an economic industrial consumers.
and environmental boon for Mexico. “We are Once the terminal is able to start regasifying
pleased to support CFE’s transition to cleaner, LNG for CTG La Paz and CTG Baja California,
more affordable and reliable energy,” he was these power plants will be able to stop burning
quoted as saying in the company statement. residual fuel oil, which generates more pollution
“This contract will help create significant fuel than gas. ™

US VIRGIN ISL ANDS
EPA withdraws crucial permit

for Limetree Bay oil refinery

THE US Environmental Protection Agency come as a surprise. The federal agency awarded
(EPA) reported last week that it had withdrawn the Clean Air Act “plantwide applicability limit”
a federal permit granted to Limetree Bay Ven- (PAL) permit to Limetree Bay Ventures last
tures, the operator of the Limetree Bay refinery December, before President Donald Trump’s
in the US Virgin Islands. departure from office. Trump’s successor Joe
The agency announced the move in a state- Biden, who took office in January, has signalled
ment dated March 25, saying it had done so “in that he will pay closer attention to environmen-
light of information received during the permit- tal groups’ concerns about oil and gas projects.
ting process and ... executive orders [stipulat- These concerns are certainly in play with
ing] that federal agencies review environmental respect to the Limetree Bay refinery. Indeed, the
actions taken during the previous administra- EPA reviewed the decision to grant the permit
tion.” It said it intended to conduct a thorough after receiving a petition from several non-gov-
review of the matter but did not say when it ernmental organisations (NGOs) – namely, the
expected to complete the process. Sierra Club, the St. Croix Environmental Asso-
The EPA’s move is sure to delay plans for the ciation (SEA), the Natural Resources Defence
re-opening of the refinery, which has remained Council (NRDC) and the Centre for Biological
idle for nearly a decade. However, it did not Diversity (CBD).

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