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Aerial view of the offshore dock for
ships at the Dominion Cove Point LNG facility on the Chesapeake Bay. (Kim Hairston,
Baltimore Sun / February 3, 2012)
COVE POINT—
— It's quiet these days at Dominion's
liquefied natural gas terminal in the Chesapeake Bay. Only five tankers docked
last year at the pier a mile off the Calvert County shoreline, and not much traffic is
expected this year, either.
But thanks in large part to booming production of natural gas from shale deposits in neighboring states, the East Coast's largest LNG terminal could be bustling again in several years — exporting the heating and industrial fuel to other countries, instead of importing it.
Dominion, based in Richmond, Va., has won approval from the Department of Energy to use Cove Point for exporting liquefied natural gas to about 20 nations with which the United States has free-trade agreements. The company is now seeking federal permission to allow shipments to virtually any foreign country, except those barred because of trade embargoes.
But thanks in large part to booming production of natural gas from shale deposits in neighboring states, the East Coast's largest LNG terminal could be bustling again in several years — exporting the heating and industrial fuel to other countries, instead of importing it.
Dominion, based in Richmond, Va., has won approval from the Department of Energy to use Cove Point for exporting liquefied natural gas to about 20 nations with which the United States has free-trade agreements. The company is now seeking federal permission to allow shipments to virtually any foreign country, except those barred because of trade embargoes.
The Baltimore Sun
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