An application has been filed to operate and build a liquified natural gas terminal in Calais.
The Calais LNG project, that could cost close to $1 billion, which would be built south of the city of Calais. This project would also include a 20.5-mile natural gas pipeline, a pier and two LNG storage tanks.
There have also been two other LNG projects proposed in the area. Downeast LNG proposes a facility in Robbinston. Quoddy Bay LNG has withdrawn its application for a facility at Pleasant Point, but officials said that they think the project is still viable.
Application Submitted For Calias LNG Project
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QBLNG did subsequently withdraw from the State of Maine permitting process, since it had become moot.
The Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Tribal Government has since ended its lease agreement with QBLNG, meaning the developer doesn't even have a project location.
QBLNG is being sued by an engineering company for non-payment.
The project is dead, any way one looks at it.
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