Cove Point seeks federal OK for LNG commissioning cargos

Dominion Cove Point LNG is seeking federal approval to ship commissioning cargos to other countries from the nearly complete export facility in Maryland, Kallanish Energy learns.

That is a needed step to bring the $3.8 billion Cove Point plant online later this year. The request was filed with the U.S. Department of Energy.

The company wants to ship LNG from locally sourced natural gas and from previously imported LNG, prior to the new export facility that is scheduled to begin full commercial operations late this year, located at Lusby, Md. The facility is located on Chesapeake Bay in Maryland’s Calvert County.

The plant was described recently as being 84% complete.

The company is seeking short-term blanket authorization for commissioning shipments, up to 250 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas per year, according to the notice in the Federal Register.

The application was filed last Nov. 23 with DOE, with the deadline for public comment on the request May 12.

Cove Point’s marketed capacity is fully subscribed under 20-year service agreements with Japan’s Sumitomo Corp. and India’s GAIL Ltd.

It will liquefy and export natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica shales.

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