Antigua Power LNG Terminal
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Antigua Power LNG Terminal is a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Antigua and Barbuda.
Location
The terminal is proposed to be located adjacent to the Antigua Power power station, on the Crabbs Peninsula in northeastern Antigua.
Project details
- Operator: Antigua Power Company[1]
- Owner: Caribbean LNG[2][3]
- Parent company: Antigua Power Company, Eagle LNG[1][3][4][5]
- Location: Crabbs Peninsula, Antigua[4][6]
- Coordinates: 17.125351, -61.759404[7]
- Capacity:
- Status: Construction[2]
- Type: Import[1][4]
- Start year: 2024[8]
- Cost:
- Financing:
- FID status: FID
- Associated infrastructure: Antigua Power power station[1][5]
Background
The Antigua LNG terminal is a small import terminal designed to receive and regasify LNG for use in a 46 MW power plant equipped with dual-fuel Wärtsilä engines and operated by Antigua Power on the Crabbs Peninsula in Antigua.[1][5] The gas-to-power project was announced in 2021 as a joint venture between US-based Eagle LNG Partners and Antigua Power Co Ltd.[4][6] Gas for the project was to be shipped from Eagle LNG's facilities in Jacksonville, Florida.[1][4]
As of July 2023, capacity details and commissioning timeline for the LNG terminal remained sketchy, but the power plant was expected to begin commercial operations in the second half of 2023.[3][5][9]
In August 2023, four 1000m3 storage tanks associated with the new LNG terminal arrived on the island.[10] Test operations at the power plant were underway in November 2023, with diesel serving an interim fuel until the anticipated start-up of the LNG terminal in early 2024.[11]
A June 2024 news report indicated that the terminal was still awaiting commissioning "later in the year."[8] As of September 2024, the website of project owner Caribbean LNG simply stated that "construction continues apace on (the) new... LNG terminal."[2]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Inoxcva wins contract to build small LNG import terminal in Antigua". LNG Prime. April 19, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Innovative Solutions to Power Antigua". Caribbean LNG. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Eagle LNG Taps Wärtsilä for Dual-Fuel Antigua Power Plant". NGI (Natural Gas Intelligence). May 17, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "U.S. Ambassador Hails U.S.-Antiguan Partnership on New Power Plant Project". The US Embassy in Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and the OECS. July 28, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Wärtsilä power plant coupled to LNG terminal in Antigua could become model for other Caribbean utilities". Wärtsilä. April 26, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Plans to boost country's electricity supply takes major step forward". Antigua Observer. July 28, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Crabbs Power Plant · Crabbs, Antigua & Barbuda". Google Maps. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 "APUA Reintroduces Transparent Fuel Variation Charge for a Sustainable Future". Antigua Observer. 2024-06-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "New LNG power plant on target". Antigua News. February 14, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Antigua sees four new LNG storage tanks arrive on island". Antigua Observer. 2023-08-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Testing of new LNG power plant underway". Pointe Xpress. 2023-11-23.
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