BG to add NGLs stripping plant at expanded trunkline terminal.

Dealing with "hot" LNG, or liquefied natural gas with an energy content that exceeds the existing standards for US pipelines, is creating challenges for importers who source supplies from almost anywhere but Algeria and Trinidad and Tobago. BG is considering a solution that would not only address the hot LNG issue, but would also create more profits from the LNG that the company imports through the Lake Charles, Louisiana, facility owned by Southern Union's Trunkline.

In response to a question at the recent Ziff Energy North American Gas Strategies Conference in Calgary, BG's Betsy Spomer said the company was considering the construction of a 1.3 billion cubic feet …