Energy News — NextDecade Begins Construction Work For Rio Grande LNG Export Project In Texas

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There’s been a lot of talk about liquified natural gas (LNG) projects, especially in the United States, but also all over the world. From Mozambique to Indonesia, there is a ton of investments going into building new LNG infrastructure and supplies.

One of the biggest of these LNG projects in the United States is NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG export project, located in Brownsville, Texas. According to a report by LNG Prime, NextDecade kicked off this grand LNG project during a groundbreaking ceremony at the construction site on 6 October. In other words, this LNG export project is shovel-ready.

According to the company’s official website, the Rio Grande LNG project is beneficial to North American energy markets for the following reasons:

• it is expected to reduce carbon emissions by LNG for global markets through carbon capture and storage project, responsibly sourced gas, and our pledge to use net-zero electricity
• it is offering CO2 emissions reduction of more than 90 percent via planned carbon capture and storage — capturing and permanently storing more than 5 million metric tonnes of CO2 per year, equivalent to removing more than one million vehicles from the road annually.