Clifton Pier LNG Terminal

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Clifton Pier LNG Terminal is a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in the Bahamas.

Location

The terminal is proposed to be located near the Clifton Pier power station on the west coast of Nassau, Bahamas.

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Project details

• Operator: BPL (Bahamas Power & Light), Shell
• Owner: BPL (Bahamas Power & Light), Shell
• Parent company: BPL (Bahamas Power & Light), Shell
• Location: Nassau, Bahamas
• Coordinates: 25.004188, -77.538844
• Capacity:
• Status: Shelved
• Type: Import
• Start year:
• Cost:
• Financing:
• FID status: Pre-FID
• Associated infrastructure: Clifton Pier power station

Background

Since 2018, Shell and Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) have been contemplating construction of a LNG terminal near BPL's Clifton Pier Power Station on the west coast of Nassau. Discussions of the proposed terminal have been on-again, off-again for years, and as of July 2023 the terminal appeared to be indefinitely stalled. Development of the terminal as a joint project between Shell and BPL was mentioned frequently in the press in 2020 and 2021, but details about the project's status have become murkier in recent years.

The official Environmental Impact Assessment for the project, released in June 2021, envisioned construction of a new LNG terminal to supply gas to an expansion of the existing Clifton Pier Power Station. However, subsequent reports made it clear that the Clifton Pier Power Station never began burning natural gas. As of July 2023, the Shell Bahamas website no longer mentioned the Clifton Pier LNG terminal, though press reports in 2022 and 2023 indicated that Shell was continuing to consider participation in some kind of Bahamas LNG regasification project.

As of June 2024, Shell appeared to have abandoned plans for an LNG terminal at Clifton Pier, opting instead to supply LNG to a new 177 MW combined cycle power plant at Blue Hills.