Proposed liquefied gas projects

The West Coast’s increasing appetite for natural gas has led to proposals for five California receiving points, including one as yet unspecified location off the north coast. California

consumes an average of 6 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day, 87% of it imported. Project opponents have voiced safety and pollution concerns. Here is a look at where the five

California and three Baja California proposals stand: Status update Most of the U.S. offshore projects are in the early stages of federal, state and local review, while the land-based Long

Beach Port project follows a different regulatory path. The Mexican facilities appear closer to completion. (Average production capacity is in cubic feet per day.) -- In California --

Project, operating year: Clearwater Port, 2009 Companies and sites: NorthernStar Natural Gas, 12.6 miles west of Oxnard Capacity: 1.2 billion Cost: (unspecified) Type: Converted oil

platform, no onsite storage, ambient air vaporizer Status: Plans to submit revised U.S. deepwater port application this summer. -- Project, operating year: Cabrillo Deepwater Port, 2010

Companies and sites: BHP Billiton, 21 miles southeast of Port Hueneme Capacity: 800 million - 1.5 billion Cost: $800 million Type: Floating terminal, distilled water bath vaporizer Status:

Application submitted and draft environmental reports prepared. Final environmental reports may be ready by early summer. -- Project, operating year: OceanWay, 2011 Companies and sites:

Woodside Energy, 21.8 miles south of Point Dume, 23.5 miles west of Palos Verdes Peninsula Capacity: 800 million - 1.6 billion Cost: (unspecified) Type: Buoy links ship to pipeline. No

terminal; no storage; no seawater in ship’s warm air vaporizer Status: Plans to file U.S. deepwater port application this summer. -- Project, operating year: Long Beach, 2011 Companies and

sites: Sound Energy Solutions, Conoco-Phillips, Mitsubishi, at Port of Long Beach Capacity: 800 million, plus liquid vehicle fuel Cost: $450 million Type: Terminal with storage on 25 acres;

no seawater in closed circuit vaporizers Status: Environmental impact drafts prepared. California Coastal Commission and U.S. Coast Guard to consider other forms. Final environmental reports

may be ready by fall. -- Project, operating year: Pacific Gateway (year unspecified) Companies and sites: Excelerate (Northern California) Capacity: (unspecified) Cost: (unspecified) Type:

Floating terminal Status: Plans to file U.S. deepwater port application this year, prior to drafting of environmental impact reports. -- In Baja California -- Project, operating year: Mar

Adentro de Baja California, 2008 Companies and sites: Chevron, just off Coronado Islands Capacity: 700 million Cost: $650 million Type: Storage and seawater vaporizers on offshore concrete

island Status: Planned use of seawater for vaporizing unit prompted an environmental challenge. It has cleared three key Mexican authorizations. -- Project, operating year: Moss Maritime

Project, 2007 Companies and sites: Moss Maritime; Terminales y Almacenes Maritimos de Mexico, 5.3 miles west of Rosarito Capacity: 297 million Cost: $55 million Type: Floating storage and

vaporizers Status: Plan has Mexican environmental clearance and needs two more key authorizations. -- Project, operating year: Energia Costa Azul, 2008 Companies and sites: Sempra Energy, 14

miles north of Ensenada Capacity: 1 billion Cost: $875 million Type: Receiving terminal with open rack seawater vaporizers on 400-acre site Status: Under construction. Company is working to

resolve remaining court challenges and has received all permits. -- Sources: ESRI, California Energy Commission, BHP Billiton, Woodside Energy, NorthernStar Natural Gas, Sound Energy

Solutions, Chevron, Southern California Gas, LNG Journal -- Graphics reporting by Cheryl Brownstein-Santiago -- Recent regional explainer graphics are available at latimes.com/localgraphics

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