Northeast Gateway FSRU
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Northeast Gateway FSRU, also known as Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port, is an idle LNG deepwater import facility located 13 miles from shore in the Massachusetts Bay.
Location
Project Details
- Owner: Northeast Gateway LNG
- Parent: Excelerate Energy
- Location: Massachusetts Bay, United States
- Coordinates: 42.398986,-70.616774, approximate
- Capacity: 3.0 mtpa[1]
- Status: Idle[2]
- Type: Import
- Start Year: 2008
Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day
Background
Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port consists of a "dual submerged turret-loading buoy system and an approximately 16-mile pipeline connecting to the existing subsea HubLine pipeline operated by Algonquin Gas Transmission." The pipeline is capable of delivering natural gas at a rate of up to 600 MMcf/d.[3]
The terminal is connected to the Northeastern natural gas grid through a pipeline lateral built by Algonquin Gas Transmission.[3] Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port is owned and operated by Excelerate Energy.[4] The Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port was first operational in 2008.[5] The Boston Globe reported in 2013 that the Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port received a few shipments during its first years of operations, but has sat idle since 2010.[6]
In February 2019 Excelerate said that two of its regasification vessels imported LNG to New England's energy demand during extreme cold weather.[7]
In January 2022, Argus Media reported that the vessel had delivered gas for the first time since 2019.[8]
According to the 2024 GIIGNL report, no vessel is chartered at the facility.[2]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 2019 World Gas Report International Gas Union, accessed August 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 GIIGNL. The LNG Industry: Annual GIIGNL Report. June 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port" Excelerate Energy, accessed September 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Excelerate Energy’s Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port" Excelerate Energy, accessed September 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port" Excelerate Energy, accessed 13 June 2017.
- ↑ "2 Costly LNG Terminals Sit Idle" Jayi Fitzgerald, Boston Globe, 23 January 2013.
- ↑ "Excelerate's Northeast Gateway Terminal Ramps Up Send-out in Arctic Blast". Excelerate Energy. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ↑ Good, Samuel (2022-01-17). "* | Latest Market News | Argus Media". www.argusmedia.com. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
