THE LINK: JULY 2024 22 Harvest Midstream constructing plant near Deadhorse The Interior Gas Utility in Fairbanks is set to begin trucking liquefied natural gas, or LNG, from the North Slope to Fairbanks this fall, according to reports filed with a state agency. Although relatively small in scale, this is symbolic as the first export of natural gas from the North Slope, where there are large gas reserves “stranded” for lack of a natural gas pipeline. Harvest Midstream LLC, an affiliate of Hilcorp Energy, is now building a small LNG plant near Deadhorse to supply the liquefied gas. IGU has a long-term contract with Hilcorp to supply natural gas to the plant and to purchase LNG. As of March 31, Harvest Midstream had completed prefabricated building structures for the plant with tanks and process equipment arriving through the spring and summer, IGU said in a status report filed with Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) the state development corporation that helps provide financing for IGU. Harvest started construction in mid-2023 at the plant and installed piles, thermosiphons, liners, and concrete foundations for three buildings. IGU has meanwhile built a 5.25-million-gallon LNG storage tank in Fairbanks and a second 150,000-gallon plant in North Pole, east of the Interior city. The utility is now receiving liquefied gas from a small LNG plant in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough along with periodic shipments from a plant in Fort Nelson, B.C. The Fairbanks utility is now preparing for shipments trucked down the Dalton Highway from the Harvest plant on the North Slope. The utility’s board has approved a contract with Premier Cryogenic Services LLC for the purchase of 15 large capacity LNG trailers. The first three are to arrive in June. Meanwhile, bids were solicited for trucking services to transport the trailers to Fairbanks, with a contractor to be chosen by IGU’s board in Interior utility to truck Slope LNG to Fairbanks Photos Courtesy Harvest Alaska
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