Eagle LNG Partners LLC (Eagle LNG), announced that it has selected Matrix Service Inc. (Matrix Service), a subsidiary of Matrix Service Company (MTRX), for the engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility, to be built in Jacksonville, Florida. Eagle LNG’s Jacksonville LNG Export Facility, which will require an investment of approx. USD 500M based on the final design will also utilize Chart Industries’ (Nasdaq: GTLS) IPSMR® technology and liquefaction equipment technology. The facility will have a production capacity of approximately 1.65 million LNG-gallons per day with 12 million LNG-gallons of storage plus a marine terminal and truck-loading capabilities.
LNG offers significant environmental and economic benefits for industries that include marine and power generation. The Jacksonville LNG Export Facility will serve as the Caribbean’s most cost-effective, proximal LNG source loading LNG onto small, ocean-going vessels for export to countries currently using heavy fuel oil or diesel for power generation. The Jacksonville LNG Export Facility has an economic advantage utilizing a regional supply chain better matching smaller-scale LNG supply, proximity, and customer demand profile. Conventional LNG models are designed to serve large-scale, global supply needs and thus expose small-scale markets to costs associated with large-scale infrastructure or break-bulk. Eagle LNG will continue to serve domestic marine fueling and exporting LNG in ISO containers for Caribbean markets from Eagle LNG’s Maxville LNG Facility, also located in Jacksonville, Florida.
