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SpaceX Scrubs Plan to Build Mini LNG Plant at Texas Launch Site

Elon Musk-owned firm also pulls proposal to install related equipment, document shows.

A sign outside SpaceX launch facility while under construction in Boca Chica, Texas in October 2021. — A sign outside SpaceX launch facility while under construction in Boca Chica, Texas in October 2021.
Photographer: Mark Felix/Bloomberg

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May 19, 2022, 5:37 PM UTC

Elon Musk-owned SpaceX has scrapped plans to build a small-scale liquefied natural gas plant at the rocket company’s Boca Chica launch site in Texas, federal documents show.

SpaceX no longer proposes to build a desalination plant, power plant, natural gas pre-treatment system and liquefier at the site’s vertical launch area, the US Fish & Wildlife Service said in a May 12 document obtained by Bloomberg through an open records request. The SpaceX plans were described in previous assessment documents in September and October. SpaceX didn’t immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.