Nikiski property acquired for LNG plant
When the Alaska LNG Project LLC filed in July with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy for a long-term authorization to export liquefied natural gas it told the regulator that it had secured more than 200 acres, nearly half the total it required, at the LNG facility site in Nikiski.
The project noted that construction of facilities required for the project would be subject to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval, and said it expects to begin the FERC pre-filing process this year.
Current members of the project are ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC, ConocoPhillips Alaska LNG Co. and BP Alaska LNG LLC. The application said the project may seek to amend the application in the future to add a state of Alaska designee.
In specifics on the Nikiski land acquisition in the July application the project said it has acquired 120.39 acres of fee title lands in the Nikiski area for the liquefaction facility, has some 10 contract land brokers continuing to work in the area and has 97 acres of additional land under contract for purchase. In addition to the fee lands, the application said the Kenai Peninsula Borough “is progressing a conveyance of 29.94 acres of borough-owned land” to the project.
- Kristen Nelson
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