Liberty Natural Gas LLC is asking the federal government for permission to build a facility where ships carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) would dock, vaporize the gas and pump it into the New York City area. The company says it will never use the $300 million terminal in the Atlantic Ocean to export the gas overseas.
The Center supports the project (see our history of supporting LNG proposals).
Liberty, based in Manhattan wants to serve a niche market in the New York City area, where winter prices rise because pipeline capacity falls short of demand. The U.S. Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration are conducting an environmental review of the Port Ambrose proposal (application), which would be 20 miles southeast of Jones Beach on Long Island and 28 miles east of Long Branch, N.J. The Maritime Administration ultimately will rule on the application, but it must deny it if Mr. Cuomo or Mr. Christie expresses opposition. [FERC pipeline application]
Port Ambrose would consist of two submerged buoys—each 33 feet tall and 24 feet in diameter—moored to the sea floor where ships could stop and turn liquefied natural gas into its gas form. The gas would travel through underwater pipelines into an existing pipeline serving New York City and Long Island.
The Maritime Administration said if Liberty sought to export liquefied natural gas from Port Ambrose, it would be required to file a new application and restart a lengthy review process. The current application is being considered exclusively for importing. (WSJ, 7/21/2013)
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