LNG facility runs full-range sendout test, operator says tank stable at ~74%

Dan McDonald, manager of gas measurement, regulation and LG operations, briefed the conference on recent LG activities and a March sendout event the company ran for inventory turnover and equipment verification.

"We ran consistently and stably for 48 hours and we went the full range of flows," McDonald said, summarizing a 48-hour operational test during which the plant exercised ramps from full sendout down to 30% and back up to 60% and held near 6670% for the test period. He said the facility's tested sendout capacity is about 150 million cubic feet per day but noted the company balanced tested sendout against system receipt constraints for the exercise.

McDonald said the tank has operated reliably in prior years (8.7 million gallons liquefied in 2025) and that, as of the morning of the conference, tank level was around 74% full. He said the company plans to resume liquefaction in late spring/early May if no further withdrawals are required and emphasized that boil-off gas is reinjected to the intermediate high-pressure system rather than wasted.

Why it matters: successful LG sendouts demonstrate operational readiness and provide incremental supply flexibility in constrained market or transportation events. Regulators asked whether prior sendouts were reliability-driven (e.g., supplier constraints); company said previous sendouts included a reliability-driven call last year when an upstream transporter constrained supply and the LG facility performed to support customers.

The conference recorded no immediate operational issues with LG operations and left follow-up to routine project reports and IRP documentation.