Planned to be situated on the Calcasieu River, the proposed Moss Lake LPG terminal will serve tanker ships transporting LPG to Asian, Latin American and European markets.
The terminal is being designed to store 900,000 barrels of refrigerated propane and butane with a load-rate of 25,000 barrels per hour.
Williams and Boardwalk are currently working with several parties to reserve off-take capacity at the terminal.
After completion, the terminal would facilitate the export of a portion of the propane and butane components of the natural gas liquids (NGLs) transported on the proposed Bluegrass Pipeline and separated at the Moss Lake Fractionation plant.
Williams said based on current market conditions, producers should benefit from the option to export propane and butane, which constitute about 30% of the liquids in an average NGL barrel.
The other NGL components such as ethane, isobutane and natural gasoline are expected to serve demand among US industries, manufacturers and refineries.
The Bluegrass Pipeline would transport the NGLs associated with natural-gas production from Marcellus and Utica producing areas to the petrochemical complex on the US Gulf Coast and markets at points in between.
The Moss Lake fractionation plant near Lake Charles would feature storage facilities and a new, large-scale fractionation plant to separate NGLs into component products.
