Northern Star Natural Gas proposed to develop a natural gas
importation facility on 450 acres of land located in Bradwood,
Following receipt of local, state and Federal approvals, construction of the
natural gas importation facility will take three years, cost approximately 520
million dollars, and provide a significant number of construction and
operations jobs for local residents. Northern Star Natural Gas has committed to
using union labor for the construction and operation of the terminal, and plans
to work with local unions to develop an apprenticeship program to help aspiring
local workers acquire necessary trade and operations skills during construction
of the terminal.
When operational, the natural gas importation terminal will be
able to provide the majority of
PROJECT FACILITIES AND
SAFETY
Northern Star Natural Gas proposes to develop the Bradwood
site as a natural gas importation facility capable of providing the residents
of Oregon with up to 1 BcF / day of clean, safe,
reliable and low cost natural gas. The project will consist of the following
major components;
Marine Facilities
The terminal will be designed with one berth to
accommodate liquefied natural gas importation ships ranging from 100,000 cubic
meters (“m3”) up to 200,000 m3 in capacity. Natural gas will be transferred
from the ship in its liquid form and transferred to on-site liquid natural gas
storage tanks by dual 30-inch diameter liquid unloading lines.
Natural gas will be transported from Pacific basin natural gas
suppliers, including
Presently there are more than 150 liquid natural gas
transportation ships in service around the world. The US Coast Guard will be
responsible for regulating and enforcing strict safety and security standards
and procedures for liquid natural gas carriers visiting the Northern Star
Natural Gas importation facility at Bradwood.
Storage
The Northern Star Natural Gas importation facility will include two full
containment liquid natural gas storage tanks, each having a net capacity of
165,000 cubic meters. A third LNG storage tank will be permitted with the
initial application for construction in the future should market conditions
dictate the need for additional storage at the Project. “Full containment” tanks
are in essence a “storage tank within a storage tank”, meaning there will be
both an inner storage tank and an outer storage tank. The inner tank is made of
steel with 9% nickel content designed to withstand very cold temperatures of
liquid natural gas and surrounded by several feet of insulation between the
inner and outer tanks. The outer tank will be a steel reinforced concrete tank
designed to contain the liquid natural gas in the extremely unlikely event of a
leak from the inner tank.
Processing facilities
The Northern Star Natural Gas processing facilities will comprise pumps,
piping, heat exchangers, odorization equipment,
metering facilities and control systems to transform the liquid natural gas
from a liquid to natural gas at ambient temperature, and deliver the natural
gas to the pipeline grid. Odorant will be injected into the natural gas
consistent with safety standards adopted by the gas pipeline and distribution
companies. Plant facilities will include roads, fences, dikes, buildings, piperacks, utilities, a power distribution system, and a
fire protection system.
Natural Gas Sendout Pipeline
A new 36-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline with a capacity of
1.5 bcf/d will be constructed to interconnect
to the Williams Northwest Pipeline system. The pipeline, approximately 35 miles
in length, will route through Clatsop and