One LNG cargo in first half of year

The liquefied natural gas facility at Nikiski on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula shipped one cargo of LNG during the first six months of 2014, according to a report submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by ConocoPhillips, owner of the facility. The facility also delivered 55 tanker-truck loads of LNG to Fairbanks Natural Gas, the utility that supplies natural gas to Fairbanks, the report said.

After being mothballed since early 2013, the Nikiski facility re-opened on April 14, having been issued with a new LNG export license by the U.S. Department of Energy. The report says that ConocoPhillips anticipates shipping up to seven cargoes of LNG from Nikiski to Pacific Rim customers in 2014.

- Alan Bailey