[SeekAndFind]

RE: So if Russia invades Ukraine, we sell them cheap LNG as punishment?

I think the idea is to help Ukraine tide through the winter if Russia cuts of their natural gas supply ( Ukraine has barely 4 months of natural gas stocks left ).

[thackney]

Ukraine has barely 4 months of natural gas stocks left ).

It would take us a lot longer than 4 months to build export terminals.

[thackney]

Some idea of schedule for these projects. From the one that did receive FERC approval.

Sabine Liquefaction Project Schedule
July 26, 2010 - Submitted NEPA Pre-Filing Request
August 4, 2010 - FERC Approval to use Pre-Filing Process
January 31, 2011 - File NGA Section 3 Application
December 28, 2011 - Issuance of Environmental Assessment / Environmental Impact Statement
January 31, 2012 - File Initial Implementation Plan
April 16, 2012 - Issuance of Authorization
3rd Q - 2012 - Commence Construction
4Q 2015* - Liquefaction Project In-Service

http://www.cheniere.com/sabine_liquefaction/project_schedule.shtml

http://www.cheniere.com/sabine_liquefaction/liquefaction_project.shtml

[DBrow]

Can we get tankers to them in any reasonable time? And what about the customers served by the existing tankers- what do they do?

I don’t know much about LNG tankers, how would we get one to say Odessa- gotta go down the Med then through Istanbul to the Black Sea?

[meatloaf]

There is no LNG conversion facility in Ukraine. The closest may be the one in Turkey on the Bosporus. There is a pipeline in the vicinity that brings Russian gas in from Ukraine. That could be reversed to transport gas to Ukraine.