John Sims
72:29 - 73:04
"The cost for that LNG terminal infrastructure is between 3 to 5 dollars per mcf depending on participating volumes during that time. So right off the get go you have nearly $20 gas, potentially even more for that LNG solution."
“The cost for that LNG terminal infrastructure is between 3 to 5 dollars per mcf depending on participating volumes during that time. So right off the get go you have nearly $20 gas, potentially even more for that LNG solution.”
- Speaker
- John Sims
- Timestamp
- 72:29 – 73:04
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- June 1, 2026
From the transcript
The lowest I've seen it in a long time was a couple years ago at that $8 price. What a lot of people forget is there is infrastructure that's required to bring in LNG imports. We can't just buy a tanker and then offload it somehow into our system. The cost for that LNG terminal infrastructure is between 3 to 5 dollars per mcf depending on participating volumes during that time. So right off the get go you have nearly $20 gas, potentially even more for that LNG solution.
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