Weavers Cove LNG Terminal

This article is part of the Global Fossil Infrastructure Tracker, a project of Global Energy Monitor.

Sub-articles:

FrackSwarm portal Coal terminals Coal transport and infrastructure Oil and gas pipelines LNG terminals Pipeline construction costs Methodology and data notes

Weaver's Cove LNG Terminal is a cancelled LNG terminal in Massachusetts, United States.

Location

Loading map...

{"type":"ROADMAP","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"400px","height":"300px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":7,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":41.701389,"lon":-71.155556,"icon":""}]}

Project Details

• Owner: Weaver's Cove Energy
• Parent: Hess Corporation
• Location: Fall River, Massachusetts, United States
• Coordinates: 41.701389, -71.155556 (approximate)
• Capacity: 6 mtpa, 0.86 bcfd
• Status: Cancelled
• Type: Import
• Start Year: Not applicable

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

Background

Weavers Cove LNG Terminal was a proposed LNG terminal in Massachusetts, United States. After nearly a decade since its initial proposal, the project was finally abandoned in 2011. The project would have required LNG tankers to pass through waters near densely populated coastlines in New England; thus, it was highly controversial. The Rhode Island Senate and the town of Somerset signed town resolutions opposing the project and calling on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to deny approvals of the project.

The project was reportedly abandoned due to a fall in natural gas prices and increases in domestic production of shale resources.