Energia Costa Azul shipped its first cargo of liquefied natural gas on July 8, the project's developer said. The shipment marks Mexico's second LNG export facility and adds 0.4 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of nominal export capacity from a single train, tripling the country's total LNG export capacity.
Nominal capacity is the maximum volume a facility is built to handle. Energia Costa Azul is the first LNG terminal in Mexico, and the second in North America after LNG Canada, to sit on the Pacific Coast. That location puts North America's total Pacific Coast LNG export capacity at 2.2 Bcf/d and gives its cargoes shorter shipping routes to importers in Asia.
