A Short History of the California LNG Terminal

• Main Author: Linnerooth, J.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: WP-80-155 1980
• Subjects: Pacific; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/1314/; https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/1314/1/WP-80-155.pdf

During the last decade, three liquified natural gas (LNG) projects were proposed for California. At this writing, Pacific Lighting Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company are still seeking government permits for two of these projects, involving the import of liquified natural gas from Indonesia and South Alaska. The third LNG project, proposed in 1974 by the El Paso Company, was to bring Alaskan North Slope gas by ocean carriers to a receiving terminal in Southern California. This proposal has been rejected in favor of an overland pipeline. While these three projects are interrelated, this case history will focus on the Indonesian LNG project. The intent of this brief history is to outline the most important events of this decade-long controversy (for more detailed case histories, see Ahern 1978, and Western 1978). A discussion of the issues underlying this controversy follows. (See the Appendix for a Summary of Major Events Timetable.)