{"id":4014,"date":"2019-12-13T13:16:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T10:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/?p=4014"},"modified":"2019-12-13T13:16:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T10:16:53","slug":"freeport-lng-train-1-begins-commercial-ops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/freeport-lng-train-1-begins-commercial-ops\/4014\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeport LNG Train 1 Begins Commercial Ops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Freeport LNG commenced commercial operations for its first liquefaction train on December 8, 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Freeport\u2019s Train 1 is part of a multi-train liquefaction facility located on Quintana Island near Freeport, Texas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cThis is a significant milestone for Freeport LNG and we now look forward to commencing commercial operations of Trains 2 and 3,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Michael Smith, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Freeport LNG, commented.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cThe past few months have brought significant accomplishments for Train 1 of the Freeport LNG project\u2014starting with introduction of feed gas in July, first liquid in August, shipment of first cargo in September and now commercial operation,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Mark Coscio<\/span>, McDermott\u2019s Senior Vice President for North, Central and\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">South America, said in a separate statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As informed, commissioning work for Freeport LNG\u2019s Train 2 continues to progress with commercial operations expected to start in January. Construction on Freeport LNG\u2019s Train 3 is nearly complete with commercial operations expected in May 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Freeport LNG\u2019s three trains are expected to produce in excess of 15 mtpa. A fourth train is in development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In September this year, Freeport LNG Development said it had raised up to 1.025 billion for its Train 4 project which, combined with a contemplated bank facility, will provide the capital required for the fourth train. According to the company, final investment decision for Freeport LNG\u2019s Train 4 is targeted for the first quarter of 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Train 4 becomes operational, Freeport LNG will rank as the 8th largest LNG facility globally.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Freeport LNG Development was formed in 2002 to develop, own and operate an LNG terminal on Quintana Island. The terminal started LNG import operations in June 2008.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Freeport LNG\u2019s limited partnership interests are ultimately held by Michael Smith, Global Infrastructure Partners, and Osaka Gas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freeport LNG commenced commercial operations for its first liquefaction train on December 8, 2019. Freeport\u2019s Train 1 is part of a multi-train liquefaction facility located on Quintana Island near Freeport, Texas. \u201cThis is a significant milestone for Freeport LNG and we now look forward to commencing commercial operations of Trains 2 and 3,\u201d\u00a0Michael Smith, Founder, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,57],"tags":[523],"class_list":["post-4014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-shipping-news","tag-lng"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/4020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}