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Sempra's Cameron LNG export project to begin commissioning process

Sempra Energy announced that the Cameron LNG export terminal in Louisiana has "initiated the commissioning process," moving the project closer to a targeted startup in 2019.

"All major construction activities have been completed to begin the commissioning and start-up process to produce LNG from the first liquefaction train," Sempra Energy President and CEO Joseph Householder said in a Nov. 2 statement.

The commissioning process for the first liquefaction train includes testing the export plant's support systems, the delivery of feed gas and the first production of LNG. Cameron LNG LLC asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Oct. 30 to introduce hazardous fluids and commission a gas turbine. (FERC docket CP13-25)

Cameron LNG would need a separate FERC authorization before it could ship LNG by vessel during the commissioning process. Another FERC approval is necessary before Cameron LNG could begin commercial service.

Sempra Energy expects the first three trains of the terminal to start producing LNG in 2019. That $10 billion first phase of the project would be capable of producing 12 million tonnes per annum of LNG, or about 1.7 Bcf/d.

Sempra Energy is the majority owner of Cameron LNG. Additional stakeholders include affiliates of TOTAL SA, Mitsui & Co. Ltd., and Japan LNG Investment LLC, a company jointly owned by Mitsubishi Corp. and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha.

A second phase of the Cameron LNG venture that would expand the project by two trains has the necessary federal permits to proceed but awaits a final investment decision.