The announcement on Monday confirms an Upstream report from February this year.

Under the 20-year deal with Gail, Dominion has booked 2.3 million tonnes per annum of LNG, or about half the capacity of the planned two-train 5.25 million tpa facility at the existing regasification terminal on the Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, Maryland.

Japanese players Sumitomo and Tokyo Gas had previously teamed to buy the other 2.3