After having plans for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal on Vallejo's Mare Island, Shell is pursuing plans for a similar installation in Baja California.After having plans for a liquefied natural gas liquefied natural gas: see under natural gas. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) A product of natural gas which consists primarily of methane. Its properties are those of liquid methane, slightly modified by minor constituents. (LNG LNG (liquefied natural gas): see under natural gas. ) receiving terminal on Vallejo's Mare Island For the South Pacific island near New Caledonia, see . For an island in Indonesia, see . Mare Island is a peninsula in Vallejo, California, about 30 miles northeast of San Francisco. , Shell is pursuing plans for a similar installation in Baja California Baja California, state, Mexico Baja California (Span.: bä`hä kälēfōr`nyä), state (1990 pop. 1,660,855), 27,628 sq mi (71,576 sq km), NW Mexico, on the Baja California peninsula. Mexicali is the capital. . Subsidiaries of Royal Dutch/Shell and San Diego-based Sempra Energy are forming a venture to build and operate a US$600 million liquefied natural gas receiving terminal in Baja California. Earlier this year, Shell and San Franciscobased Bechtel Corp. dropped a proposal to build a major LNG terminal on Mare Island as opposition from city officials and residents grew. Shell and Sempra declared they planned a terminal that will be capable of supplying I billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. The companies expect to begin construction in mid-2004 with terminal operations beginning in 2007. |
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