Woodside Natural Gas Inc, a subsidiary of Woodside Energy, is proposing the construction of an underwater LNG receiving facility 35km (22 miles) off the Californian coast at Los Angeles.

 

The state-of-the-art process would see gas delivered by specially designed ships through an undersea pipeline to existing gas pipeline facilities in an industrial area near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), with little or no disruption to residential neighbourhoods.

 

The process of converting LNG to regular natural gas begins onboard the ship, which connects to an underwater buoy, facilitating a secure connection to OceanWay's undersea pipeline and then is proposed to be connected to the Southern California Gas Company system.

 

Woodside is seeking approval from federal, state, and local agencies, including the U.S. Coast Guard, California State Lands Commission and California Coastal Commission.