Placentia Bay FLNG Terminal

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Placentia Bay FLNG Terminal (also known as Grassy Point LNG Terminal) is a proposed LNG terminal in New Foundland and Labrador, Canada.

Location

The terminal is proposed to be located at Grassy Point, Arnold's Cove.

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Project details

• Owner: LNG Newfoundland and Labrador Ltd, Horizon Maritime Services

• Parent company: Miawpukek First Nation

• Location: Grassy Point, Arnold's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Coordinates: 47.417157, -53.875705 (approximate)

• Capacity: 4 mtpa
• Cost: US$10 billion

• Status: Proposed

• Type: Export

• Start year: 2030

• FID status: Pre-FID
• FID year: 2026

• Associated infrastructure: a gas pipeline from Jeanne the d’Arc Basin to Placentia Bay, NL

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

Background

In October 2021, LNG Newfoundland and Labrador Ltd proposed a gas liquefaction facility and marine export terminal at Grassy Point in Newfoundland and Labrador province. The project would draw gas from an offshore central gas hub in Jeanne d'Arc Basin and would be transported to Grassy Point via a new pipeline. A floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vessel would have an export capacity of 4 mtpa. A preliminary timeline states that the project would come online in 2030. Its developers are planning to conduct feasibility studies for carbon capture for the liquefaction facility, enhanced oil recovery and sequestration, and using hydropower and other renewable energy sources to power the liquefaction facility.

In February 2022, Newfoundland and Labrador's Environment and Climate Change minister requested that the project complete an environmental impact statement. Environmental groups including Decarbonize NL, the Bay St. George Climate Action Network, and Sierra Club have argued that the project should have been rejected outright due to its emissions impacts. The province government has committed to reduce emissions by 30% of 2005 levels by 2030, and the project would increase its emissions.

As of February 2023, the sponsor was actively promoting the project on X (formerly Twitter).

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