The island lies five miles downstream from the city of Savannah, and is part of Chatham County, Georgia.
[2] In the early 1970s, the US energy company Sonat built an import and storage facility for liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the island.
[3] In that project, which cost about $2 billion, Kinder Morgan (a large US energy company) constructed ten liquefaction units.
On June 2, 2016, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) gave approval for the Elba Liquefaction Project.
The approximate $2 billion project will be constructed and operated at the existing Elba Island LNG Terminal near Savannah, Georgia.
[4] In 2012, the Elba Liquefaction Project received authorization from the Department of Energy to export to Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries.