Golden Pass LNG Terminal (Port Arthur, Texas)

USA / Texas / Port Arthur / Port Arthur, Texas
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Among the largest terminals in the world, the Golden Pass LNG Terminal is capable of importing 15.6 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year, or approximately 2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day, through its dual berth ship docks. With two processing trains and advanced vaporization systems, the terminal can send out 2.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day into the Golden Pass pipeline to meet needs of customers, providing them with maximum flexibility.

The associated Golden Pass pipeline is capable of processing an average of 2.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day, and provides customers access to the major Gulf Coast markets servicing both the Houston Ship Channel and major interstate pipelines extending into the northeastern and midwestern United States. The pipeline was designed to provide maximum flexibility for customers.
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Coordinates:   29°45'39"N   93°55'7"W

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  • The giant Golden Pass natural gas import terminal here, meant to bring Middle Eastern gas to energy-hungry Americans, sits eerily quiet these days, a sleepy museum to a bygone era. Its 5,000 valves, 50 million pounds of steel and ship berth as big as 77 football fields — representing a $2 billion investment by Qatar Petroleum, Exxon Mobil and Conoco Phillips — have been dormant for nearly three years. The unexpected American shale fracking frenzy produced such a glut of domestic gas that the United States does not need Qatari gas anymore. But the Golden Pass story is only beginning. Qatar Petroleum, the state oil company, is now requesting permission to export American gas, proposing with its partner Exxon Mobil an audacious conversion of the facility to export from import.
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