US federal regulators have issued a draft environmental assessment for the updated Magnolia liquefied natural gas export facility in Louisiana after the project's developer predicted an increase in capacity, writes Caroline Evans.
Developer LNG Ltd is already authorised to build an 8 million tonnes per annum facility at the Magnolia LNG site in Lake Charles.
However, the company submitted a request late last year to amend its authorisation to expand the terminal's capacity to 8.8