Pichilingue LNG Terminal

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Pichilingue LNG Terminal is an operating LNG import terminal in Pichilingue, Mexico.

Location

The terminal is located in the port of Pichilingue, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Satellite photography from Planet shows construction occurring at the terminal between March 2021 and July 2021.

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Project Details

• Operator: New Fortress Energy
• Owner: New Fortress Energy
• Location: Port of Pichilingue, Baja California Sur, Mexico
• Coordinates: 24.2740568,-110.3273078 (exact)
• Capacity: 0.8 mtpa
• Type: Import
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2021

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Background

In 2018, New Fortress Energy was awarded a 25-year contract from the Baja California Sur Port Authority (APIBCS) for the development, construction and operation of an LNG import terminal at the port of Pichilingue.

The onshore terminal is intended to help bolster Baja California's electrical generation capacity and alleviate the region's susceptibility to blackouts. The terminal supplies New Fortress Energy's own 135 MW NFE Baja California Sur power station, along with two other power stations (CTG La Paz and CTG Baja California Sur) operated by Mexico's federal electricity commission. Longer-term plans call for the Pichilingue terminal to receive natural gas transported by pipeline from Texas to Mexico and converted to LNG at the Vista Pacífico LNG Terminal in Topolobampo on the opposite side of the Gulf of California.

In November 2019, New Fortress reported that construction was underway, with operations expected to begin in the third quarter of 2020. However, as of March 2021, the terminal was not yet complete.

In June 2021, it was reported that New Fortress Energy was moving closer to starting operations at the LNG terminal after receiving three permits from energy regulator CRE for the regasification, storage and distribution of LNG.

In July 2021, New Fortress Energy announced that the terminal had commenced commercial operations.