Louisiana Getting First Natural Gas Liquefaction and Fuelling Facility

Tenaska NG Fuels, LLC., and Waller Marine, Inc. have agreed to develop, construct, own and operate Louisiana’s first natural gas liquefaction and fuelling facility along the New Orleans-Baton Rouge Mississippi River corridor with access to the Gulf of Mexico.

Tenaska Bayou LNG will provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) as alternative clean-burning fuels for the high-horsepower marine, transportation, and natural gas and oil exploration and production industries in the region.

Nebraska-based Tenaska will provide equity for the project and will be the managing partner and commercial leader. It will also coordinate project development and construction. Tenaska will also be responsible for natural gas supply and commodity risk management.

If all of the technical and commercial aspects of the project can be confirmed, operations are planned to begin in the first quarter of 2017.

The facility will initially be capable of producing 200,000 gallons of LNG per day.

To facilitate the marine industry access to LNG fuel, a dock will be constructed for the mooring of LNG bunker barges. Waller Marine will coordinate the bunker barge design and construction.

“Waller Marine could not have identified a better location for this facility,” said Doug Lauver, vice president of LNG development at Tenaska.

“Undoubtedly, the project has multi-modal advantages, a value credited to Waller Marine’s inroads and experience in the industry. We look forward to working with them.”