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Southern LNG is a re-gasification facility on Elba Island, in Chatham County, Georgia, five miles (8 km) downstream from Savannah, Georgia. The initial authorization for the Elba Island facility was issued in 1972. LNG shipments ceased during the first half of 1980. On March 16, 2000, the project received Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authorization to re-commission and renovate the LNG facilities.〔(Elba Island LNG Expansion ). - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)〕 On April 10, 2003, FERC issued an order authorizing the expansion of the facility, which included adding a second and third docking berth, a fourth cryogenic storage tank, and associated facilities. The expansion enabled an increase of working gas capacity and an increase of the firm sendout rate.〔("Order Authorizing Expansion" ). - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). - April 10, 2003. - (Adobe Acrobat *.PDF document)〕 El Paso Corporation, the owner of the Southern LNG facility, announced the start up of the expanded facility, called Elba II, on February 1, 2006. The expansion cost approximately $157 million and adds equivalent of storage capacity and of peak send-out capacity.〔(El Paso Corporation Announces Start of Service From Elba II Expansion ) - El Paso Corporation. - February 01, 2006〕 El Paso Corporation also applied for an additional expansion, on February 1, 2006, called Elba III, to double capacity again by 2010.〔 On September 20, 2007 FERC approved El Paso's expansion for Elba III.〔("Commission approval of New, Expanded Natural Gas Facilities includes LNG, Storage, Pipeline Projects" ). - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). - September 20, 2007 | (In Adobe Acrobat *.PDF document format ) | (Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) - Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) )〕 ==Stats== *Operator: Southern LNG, Inc. (inbound-ship terminus) - Elba Express Company, LLC (outbound-pipeline terminus) *Owner: El Paso Corporation (100%) *Capacity: 〔 *Total peak send-out capacity: over 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Southern LNG」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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