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www.marinelink.com 39 will have 250,000 cu. m. of LNG stor- age and 4.4 million tons per annum of

LNG production capacity. We’re permit- ting for 10 million tons of export capac- ity, in order to allow for a second phase of the project if market demand supports it and to allow ourselves a little bit of room for overproduction. In short, we will initially have a single berth, a single vessel, and then the potential to expand to two berths and two vessels. Of? oad- ing to conventional LNG carriers will be by ship-to-ship transfer using cryogenic articulated arms.

You just segued perfectly into the next question, which is “Your pioneer- ing efforts in the ship-to-ship transfer technology that’s central to your other operations. Can you just give me an overview? We have transferred more than 600 full LNG cargos in a couple of dif- ferent con? gurations – onshore, offshore, side-by-side and in across the dock. We put an intense effort into developing that capability, and that was one of the other things that came out of looking forward and seeing that the trading model in the

U.S. might not be the long-term busi- ness of this company. We took an exist- ing concept, which was the emergency transfer of LNG via these ? exible hoses, and spent a great deal of time and effort in developing that into a safe and reliable commercial solution. ‘

So in a dynamic and fast moving mar- ket, what is the “Excelerate” advan- tage? I think it really comes down to our people. We have a fantastic group of people here, from our technical team all the way through our business devel- opment group, including our trading and operations team. We all support the mission of developing safe, reliable and commercially attractive LNG import and export solutions. You don’t avoid the slings and arrows of being pioneers, but we temper that to a great extent with 11 years of proven expertise and faithful adherence to what one of our operations guys, Captain Lane, says, and I quote of- ten: “LNG stands for Let’s Not Guess.”

Scott to Keynote

SHIPPINGInsight 2014

Edward Scott, COO of Excelerate En- ergy, will deliver the keynote address at the SHIPPINGInsight 2014 Marine

LNG Symposium, Sept. 30 in Stam- ford, Conn.

Scott’s topic – “LNG–New Reality or Simple Evolution” – will set the stage for the symposium, which will include sessions addressing regula- tory issues, infrastructure, bunkering, designing and building new LNG- powered ships, retro? tting existing ships and training requirements for handling LNG fuels. Speakers will include experts from all industry sec- tors. www.shippinginsight.com

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