FERC approves LNG terminal expansion and 190-mile Elba Express Pipeline

Pipeline & Gas Journal, Nov, 2007

El Paso Corp's subsidiary, Southern LNG Inc. and Elba Express Company LLC, have received FERC approval for two significant projects--expansion of the Elba Island LNG receiving terminal near Savannah, GA and construction of the 190-mile Elba Express Pipeline in eastern Georgia, respectively.

The terminal expansion, Elba Express Pipeline, and the recently completed Cypress Pipeline by another El Paso subsidiary, Southern Natural Gas Company, represent $1.3 billion of projects which provide a significant new source of natural gas to the growing southeastern markets and beyond.

The expansion of the Elba Island LNG terminal will more than double its storage capacity to 15.7 Bcf and increase the facility's send-out capacity to 2.1 Bcf/d. Elba Express Pipeline, with a total capacity of 1.2 Bcf/d, will transport natural gas supplies from the Elba Island LNG terminal to markets in the southeastern and eastern U.S. The Elba terminal expansion and the Elba Express pipeline projects are fully supported by firm capacity commitments from BG LNG Services, LLC and Shell NA LNG LLC. The facilities will be constructed in two phases with the initial in-service date expected to be mid-2010.