Eagle LNG Begins Construction of LNG Plant in West Jacksonville, Florida

Eagle LNG has begun the construction process for a natural gas liquefaction plant in West Jacksonville, Florida. The state-of-the-art facility is slated to be operational and LNG by early 2017. When completed, the facility will have a capacity of 200,000 gallons per day (87,000 gallons per day initially).

Beginning in early 2017, the plant will supply LNG to Crowley to be used in their new LNG-powered Commitment Class ships for U.S. mainland to Puerto Rico trade. The facility has production capacity beyond Crowley’s needs which will be available for sale to both domestic clients in the Southeast, and island customers looking for containerized LNG supply.

“This is a very important and welcome development for Crowley and for the Northeast Florida region as a whole,” said John Hourihan, Crowley senior vice president and general manager, Puerto Rico services. “Having reliable access to sufficient quantities of LNG will be essential to our operations as we introduce our new LNG powered Commitment-Class ConRo ships to the Puerto Rico market next year.”

The LNG plant features a 1-million gallon storage tank and an LNG truck loading system. The LNG plant is also designed to load LNG ISO containers for supply to nearby island markets. This is a distinct project from the previously announced Eagle LNG Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) export terminal located along the St. Johns River, in Jacksonville, which will continue to focus on export markets in the Caribbean and Atlantic Basin along with providing additional domestic LNG supply.

To support fueling ships, Eagle LNG is building a fuel depot dockside at the Talleyrand Marine Terminal on the St. Johns River. The marine terminal, which uses customized design technology, operates within a small footprint for bunkering operations.