Gulfstream LNG Development has filed an application to the US Department of Energy (DOE) to export four million tonnes per annum of LNG to free trade agreement and non-free trade agreement countries.
News of the application follows the signing of a long-term lease agreement in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, to develop the export project on a 500-acre site, which includes over 1.3km of deep water.
It is thought the site may be one of the last remaining permittable sites on the US Gulf Coast.
Vivek Chandra, CEO and founder of Gulfstream LNG, said the company expects to receive free trade agreement export approval later this year, and non-free-trade approval once its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission application has progressed.
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