The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has given Kinder Morgan approval to introduce feed gas into Unit No. 8 at Elba Island LNG in Georgia, Kallanish Energy reports.
It is one of 10 modular units at the LNG facility outside Savannah, Georgia.
Six of the units are in service with two additional units starting commissioning activities.
Kinder Morgan has said it intends to begin service on the remaining trains in the first half of 2020.
Last December, Kinder Morgan had shipped its first cargo of LNG from plant.
Construction on the $2 billion modular project with 10 smaller modular LNG trains or units began in late 2016.
When complete, Elba Island will be able to export 2.5 million tons per year of LNG, equal to about 350 million cubic feet of natural gas per day, the company said.
It is backed by a 20-year contract with Royal Dutch Shell.
Initially, the Elba Island plant was to begin service in second quarter 2018, but it has been repeatedly delayed.
It is processing natural gas from the Appalachian Basin, as well as from the Gulf Coast.
