The war-related loss of LNG export capacity in Qatar — the #2 supplier after the U.S. — suggests that LNG export terminals along the U.S. Gulf Coast will be running flat-out over the next few years, and that still more U.S. projects may move to a final investment decision (FID). That bodes well for the many natural gas storage facilities already in place near the massive concentration of LNG export capacity along the Texas/Louisiana border (and further east in the Bayou State) and for the storage proposals on the drawing board. In today’s RBN blog, we finish our review of existing and planned storage capacity in this epicenter of energy infrastructure development with a look at three big projects being planned.
This is the fourth episode in our series on gas storage assets in the broad, north-to-south corridor straddling the state line between Texas and Louisiana. In Part 1, we said the three existing LNG export terminals in the Sabine-Neches/Calcasieu area demand up to 7 Bcf/d of natural gas and that four new terminals under construction there will add another 10 Bcf/d of demand over the next five years. The gas needs of these facilities and other large energy consumers in the region (such as power plants and petrochemical complexes) can vary widely, and sometimes suddenly — a perfect setup for the development of gas storage facilities that can quickly inject or withdraw large quantities of gas.
In our first blog, we looked at Caliche Storage’s Golden Triangle Storage and Spindletop Expansion Project; Trinity Gas Storage’s Bethel, TX, facility; and Energy Transfer’s Bethel Gas Storage and Bammel facilities. Then, in Part 2, we discussed NeuVentus’s Texas Reliability Underground Hub in Liberty County, TX; the Black Bayou Energy Hub in Cameron Parish, LA; Gulf Coast Midstream Partners’ Freeport Energy Storage Hub (FRESH); two Energy Transfer facilities: Moss Bluff in Liberty County; Egan in Acadia Parish, LA; and Enbridge's Tres Palacios in Matagorda County, TX. Part 3 reviewed Williams Cos.’ Pine Prairie facility in Evangeline Parish, LA, and its Arcadia facility in Bienville Parish, LA; Kinder Morgan’s collection of storage sites on both sides of the state line; ONEOK’s Jefferson Island and Napoleonville facilities in southern Louisiana; and Enstor’s Katy Storage & Transportation facility near the important gas hub in Katy, TX.
Today, we’ll start with Sempra Infrastructure’s LA Storage Hackberry project (magenta tank icon in Figure 1 below), a salt-cavern facility in Cameron Parish, LA, whose first two phases will have a total of six caverns with a combined working gas capacity of about 35 Bcf. The company, which holds a majority ownership interest in the Cameron LNG export facility and is constructing the Port Arthur LNG export facility (orange and purple diamonds, respectively), reached FID on the gas storage project’s three-cavern, 16.5-Bcf first phase in September 2023. That phase is currently under construction and slated to come online in Q2 2027; it will have a maximum injection capacity of 1.5 Bcf/d and a maximum withdrawal capacity of 1.5 Bcf/d.
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About the song
“Save Room” was written by John Stephens (John Legend), William Adams (will.i.am.), Jessyca Wilson, Buddy Buie and James R. Cobb. It appears as the first song on John Legend’s second studio album, Once Again. The song is built on a sample of Gabor Szabo’s version of the Classic IV’s hit single, “Stormy,” written by Buddy Buie and James R. Cobb. Buie and Cobb would later open the Studio One recording studio in Doraville, GA, and put together the successful Southern Rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section (ARS), writing most of their hit songs. [As a side note, after ARS opened a show for Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) in Tulsa in the 1970s, they went to a Tulsa nightclub and jammed for a few songs with Paradise, a local band that included RBN’s Rusty Braziel and Mickey McMahan.] Brian Barber directed the video for “Save Room.” It was released as a single in August 2006 and went to #10 on the Billboard Adult R&B chart and #61 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. It has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Once Again was recorded at various studios in 2005-06 and produced by Kanye West, John Legend, Dave Tozer, will.i.am, Raphael Saadiq, Craig Street, Eric Hudson, Devo Springsteen and Avenue. Released in October 2006, the album went to #1 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart and #3 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart. It has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. Seven singles were released from the LP.
John Legend (John Roger Stephens) is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer and actor. He began his professional career as a session pianist and background vocalist in the late 1990s. He released his debut studio album, Get Lifted, on Kanye West’s Good Music label in 2004. Legend has released 10 studio albums, six live albums, three EPs and 56 singles and has sold over 7 million records worldwide. He has won an Academy Award, three Daytime Emmy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, 13 Grammy Awards, a Tony Award, an American Music Award, two Billboard Music Awards, and two MTV Video Music Awards. Legend has appeared on 26 television shows, 11 motion pictures, and has been a judge on the TV talent show "The Voice” for nine seasons. He still records and will begin a U.S. tour in mid-March.
"About the Song" -- written by Mickey McMahan , RBN Director of Musicology
