According to a DOE filing, Targray Industries filed an application with the DOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management in April, requesting long-term, multi-contract authorization to
export domestically produced LNG, and specifically renewable LNG (RLNG), or bio-LNG.
The application is for a term ending on December 31, 2050.
Targray said in the application that it intends to purchase renewable LNG from REV LNG, a producer based in Towanda, Pennsylvania.
The company said that REV LNG “produces renewable natural gas from an anaerobic digester system that is supplied by cattle facilities in the US.”
REV LNG will liquefy the product on site through its liquefaction plant.
After that, renewable LNG will be loaded into ISO containers leased by Targray, and then “transported by truck to standard commercial ports, where they will be loaded onto ocean-going cargo container ships and transported to foreign destinations.”
REV is a minority owner of the Towanda LNG facility in partnership with Pivotal LNG, a Berkshire Hathaway Company. Towanda produces approximately 50,000 gallons per day and has 180,000 gallons of storage.
Targray identified 13 existing ports of export in the US from which it would export this LNG in ISO containers.
The company said that its primary markets are in Europe, but Japan is also a “strong” market for renewable LNG.
In its order dated July 3, DOE granted Targray’s application and authorized the requested export volume of 51.75 Bcf/yr (0.14 Bcf/d) to both FTA and non-FTA countries on a non-additive basis.
Specifically, DOE found that the FTA portion of the application falls within NGA section 3(c), and therefore granted the requested FTA authorization without modification or delay.
DOE also found that the proposed non-FTA exports qualify as “small-scale natural gas exports” and granted the small-scale portion of the application.
“This order, however, does not provide Targray with an independent right to purchase or
load LNG obtained from the REV LNG facility. DOE takes no position on the commercial
arrangements that may be necessary for Targray to effectuate the export of LNG approved in this order,” it said.
Additional facilities
Targray also recently submitted an amendment to its original application.
Specifically, Targray seeks to amend its application to include additional renewable LNG production
facilities from which it seeks to source the product for export due to “new business opportunities that have presented themselves since the filing of the original application.”
The facilities from which it would export this LNG now include Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG and Corpus Christi LNG, Cove Point LNG, Sempra’s Cameron LNG, Kinder Morgan’s Elba Island LNG, Freeport LNG, and Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG and Plaquemines LNG.
In addition, Targray seeks to revise the body of its original application to reflect that it “may source renewable LNG from multiple domestic suppliers, not just from REV LNG in Pennsylvania.”
