Alaska LNG

Alaska LNG is a proposed liquefied natural gas and natural gas pipeline project in the U.S. state of Alaska. The pipeline would be approximately 807-miles from Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope to a planned LNG export terminal in Nikiski, on the Kenai Peninsula. The project is managed by the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, a state-owned entity.

History

Originally proposed in the early 2000s, the project has gone through several iterations. Major oil companies including ExxonMobil, BP, and ConocoPhillips were originally partners. The project received its final Environmental impact statement from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 2020. The old Kenai LNG plant operated for 48 years and ceased operations in 2017.

Overview

Alaska LNG is intended to commercialize Alaska's North Slope gas resources, transporting ~3.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day from the Prudhoe Bay and Point Thomson fields. The gas would be transported via a buried, 42-inch pipeline and then liquefied at a facility in Nikiski for export to global markets. There would be connections to local natural gas infrastructure in southern Alaska for instate natural gas needs also. The route would follow much of the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline System in northern Alaska. The project is estimated to cost $44 billion and export 20 million tonnes of LNG a year.