GLBP announced the appointment of NV5 LNG Engineering Services in a statement on Tuesday, but it did not prvovide further details regasrding the EPC deal.
With an initial capacity of 360,000 gallons per day (200,000 metric tons per year), the terminal at Shoal Point in Texas City, Texas, will provide bunker fuel for ships in the greater Houston-Galveston region.
Located on the Texas City Ship Channel in the Texas City industrial area, the GLBP facility will serve as a platform to supply conventional LNG, renewable LNG, and synthetic e-LNG by fuel barge to the rapidly expanding fleet of LNG-fueled vessels, GLBP said.
GLBP said the facility is projected to come online in 2028 as the US. Gulf Coast’s first dedicated LNG liquefaction facility for marine bunkering.
Permits secured
In May, Pilot LNG and Seapath received final construction permits for their planned LNG bunkering facility.
Before that, GLBP signed a deal to supply LNG to London-based Dunmura.
The project also secured gas supply by entering into a gas supply agreement with Energy Transfer’s Houston Pipeline (HPL).
This gas supply agreement supports GLBP in providing LNG marine fuel to customers in the Galveston Bay Port complex, including the ports of Houston, Galveston, and Texas City, as well as Galveston Offshore Lightering Areas, on a long-term basis.
GLBP previously said that operations are expected to start in the second half of 2027.
The terminal is being developed in two phases with a total capacity of up to 720,000 gallons per day accompanied by two three-million-gallon storage tanks.
