Lagos — TotalEnergies on Monday said it has signed heads of agreement, HOA, with Sempra Infrastructure, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Japan LNG Investment – a company jointly owned by Mitsubishi Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha– for the expansion of Cameron LNG, a liquefied natural gas, LNG, production and export facility in Louisiana, U.S.
In a statement, it said the expansion project includes the development of a fourth train with a production capacity of 6.75 million metric tons per annum Mtpa, and a 5% increase of the current 13.5 Mtpa first three trains through debottlenecking.
The deal will also include design enhancements aiming at reducing the emissions of the facility, including electric drive technology.
Under the terms of the HOA, TotalEnergies will offtake 16.6% of the projected fourth train’s production capacity, and 25% of the projected debottlenecked capacity.
Cameron LNG is advancing the development of this project with the selection of two contractors to conduct a competitive Front End Engineering Design, FEED, in view of the selection of the Engineering, Procurement and Construction, EPC, contractor.
Cameron LNG is jointly owned by Sempra Infrastructure (50.2%), TotalEnergies (16.6%), Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (16.6%) and Japan LNG Investment (16.6%).
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