Proposed LNG terminal to serve three US ports

Pilot LNG LLC’s (Pilot LNG) Galveston LNG Bunker Port is planned for Pelican Island and would be the region’s first dedicated LNG bunker terminal.

The company expects a Final Investment Decision on the project in the second half of 2021 and operations starting in 2024.

“Pilot LNG’s Galveston LNG Bunker Port will provide clean-burning LNG to one of the US’s largest Port complexes,” said Pilot LNG chief executive, Jonathan Cook. “The proposed Galveston LNG Bunker Port would provide the necessary infrastructure to supply the growing market for LNG marine fuel, substantially reducing marine emissions and cutting shippers’ fuel costs at the same time.”

The facility infrastructure will be designed around floating liquefaction (FLNG) technology to be engineered, and constructed by Pilot partner, Wison Offshore & Marine.

“Wison is pleased to be part of this breakthrough U.S. project by designing and building the liquefaction unit, that will supply LNG to the end-user market in the Galveston, Houston and Texas City port complex”, stated Vivian Li, head of Wison Offshore & Marine in North America.

In recent years, LNG as a marine fuel has experienced significant growth around the world, particularly in Europe and Asia; however, the US is only now starting to see widespread adoption. New LNG bunkering infrastructure in the US is needed to facilitate the continued rapid global adoption of clean burning LNG marine fuel