Dominion to start shipping Cove Point LNG in March
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Dominion Energy expects to start exporting liquefied natural gas from its Cover Point terminal in Maryland, according to LNG World News. Cove Point is only the second U.S. facility to produce LNG from shale gas.
Feed gas was introduced to the Cove Point liquefaction facility in December. According to Dominion, the $4 billion facility is in the final stages of commissioning.
Once it’s finished, the facility will use natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica shale plays to produce LNG for ST Cove Point, a joint venture of Japan’s Sumitomo Corp. and Tokyo Gas and India’s Gail Limited, under 20-year contracts.
Learn more: LNG World News > Dominion to start Cove Point LNG exports early March
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Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock.
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What most concerns people about fracturing is ground water contamination. The worry is that fractures underground, caused by the process, will extending upwards and into aquifers, releasing gas and chemicals into the ground water supply. There’s been no confirmed reports of such a thing happening. Though surface spills and drill site blowouts can lead to localized environmental concerns.
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Flammable water is caused by the release of methane gas into a drinking water supply. Methane gas occurs naturally and can be released by any kind of drilling, including water wells. In Pennsylvania officials fined Chesapeake Energy $1 million for contaminating ground water with methane. It was determined that the company had not properly cemented it’s boreholes and gas migrated up the well, between rock and into aquifers.