San Diego’s Sempra Energy has completed its new Baja California liquefied-natural-gas terminal, opening the first LNG import facility on the western coast of North America.
The isolated docking facility known as Energia Costa Azul, 14 miles north of Ensenada, is expected to serve as a major new source of natural gas for Mexico, California, Arizona and other Western states.
Sempra completed the terminal at an estimated cost of $1bn and received its first LNG shipment from Qatar in mid April, with a second LNG shipment arriving 10 days later.
“We have fully tested the system,” said Darcel Hulse, who oversees the terminal and related development efforts as President of Sempra LNG.
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