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Kinder Morgan announces capacity.
AMERICAS who is subscribed to 100% of the liquefaction
Venture Global LNG commercial in-service of THE ELBA LIQUEFACTION COMPANY, August
27, 2020
reports minimal impacts the final unit at the Elba
of Hurricane Laura on Island liquefaction facility ASIA

Calcasieu Pass LNG The Elba Liquefaction Company (ELC), Commercial operation
a joint venture between Kinder Morgan
Venture Global LNG is pleased to report and EIG Global Energy Partners (EIG), commencement of FGP
that its Calcasieu Pass LNG facility under announced today the commercial in-service
construction in Cameron, LA has sustained of Unit 7, the last of 10 Movable Modular Fukushima natural gas
minimal impacts from Hurricane Laura, Liquefaction units of the approximately $2bn
which made landfall in Louisiana early this Elba Liquefaction project. Previously only a power plant No.2 unit
morning and passed directly over the project liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal,
site. A walk-through inspection of most areas the Elba Island Liquefaction facility is now Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX)
of the site following the storm confirmed also producing LNG for export purposes. announced that the No.2 unit of Fukushima
that the project site’s robust storm protection “The development of this facility was natural gas power plant commenced
system, including a perimeter wall and a tremendous undertaking, and we are commercial operation today at 0:00 AM. The
storm water pumping system, performed as extremely pleased to have this project in power plant has been under construction by
designed. Most importantly, all employees and service,” said Kinder Morgan Natural Gas Fukushima Gas Power (Main Office: Chiyoda-
contractor personnel are safe and accounted East Region President Kimberly Watson. ku, Tokyo, president and chief executive
for. “The team coordinated with our customer officer: Yoshitaka Ishii, hereinafter FGP),
Venture Global is working with its and local, state and federal agencies to put which is a project company to promote the
EPC contractor, Kiewit Louisiana Co., to in service a new technology for modular project of natural gas-fired power generation
promptly and safely regain access to the liquefaction units. Its functionality as a bi- at Soma Port in Shinchi Town, Fukushima
project site and supporting facilities, restore directional import/export facility makes it Prefecture, which JAPEX participate as the
utilities to Cameron and the project site, and ideal for the changing flow patterns that can project partner.
incrementally support the return to work of occur from time to time.” As the basement of the project, the power
craft and Venture Global personnel. Now in full commercial operation, the plant had been under construction at Soma
Bob Pender and Mike Sabel jointly stated, Elba Island Liquefaction facility has a total Port No.4 Warf, since the investment decision
“While we are relieved by the minimal capacity of approximately 2.5mn tonnes per in October 2016 by FGP and its shareholders:
impacts to Calcasieu Pass LNG, we are year of LNG for export, which is equivalent to JAPEX, Mitsui & Co., Osaka Gas, Mitsubishi
mindful that the surrounding communities approximately 350mn cubic feet (MMcf) per Gas Chemical, Hokkaido Electric Power Co.
of Cameron and Lake Charles have suffered day of natural gas. Together with the No.1 Unit commenced
significant damage from this powerful and ELC, a KMI joint venture with EIG as a commercial operation on April 30, 2020,
historic storm. As a company, we will be 49% partner, owns the liquefaction units and the power plant’s generation capacity is a
communicating with local stakeholders in the other ancillary equipment. Certain other total of 1.18 million kW(two units of 0.59
days and weeks to come to assess how we can facilities associated with the project are 100% million kW). The power plant uses regasified
support the community’s recovery.” owned by KMI. The project is supported by LNG (liquefied natural gas) for fuel, as the
VENTURE GLOBAL LNG, August 27, 2020 a 20-year contract with Shell LNG NA, LLC, lowest emission of greenhouse gas (GHG)
and air pollutants among fossil fuels and
adopts GTCC (gas turbine combined-cycle)
with highly generation efficiency of 61% by
utilising the latest technologies to the proven
model.
The No.2 LNG tank with 230,000 kL
capacity and additional regasification
equipment of the second constriction phase
in Soma LNG terminal was transferred to
full-scale operation in the time with the
commercial operation of No.2 Unit of the
power plant. Under the contract with FGP,
JAPEX conducts management of the facilities
constructed in the second construction phase,
as well as storage and regasification of LNG
fuel used for power generation, and supply of
regasified gas to the power plant based on the
tolling method this project applies.
JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION, August 24,
2020

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