By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Feb. 5 -- Angola LNG Ltd. is planning Angola's first gas liquefaction facility near Soyo in Zaire Province. The LNG plant will have a nominal capacity of 5.2 million tonnes/year of LNG and will include storage for LNG, LPG, and condensate; and a loading jetty sized to accommodate ships as large as 210,000 cu m. A subsidiary of the Bechtel group will construct the plant.
The project is an integrated gas utilization project encompassing offshore and onshore operations monetizing gas from blocks off Angola. First LNG from the project is expected by early 2012 (OGJ, Jan. 7, 2008, p. 21).
Angola LNG Ltd. has licensed ConocoPhillips's proprietary natural gas liquefaction technology. "The Bechtel-ConocoPhillips proposal was selected as the successful bid following a comprehensive evaluation of two competitive proposals submitted following the front-end engineering design (FEED) competition for the LNG facility," said Ken Marrs, Angola LNG Ltd. project manager.
Angola LNG Ltd. shareholders are affiliates of Sonangol 22.8%, Chevron Corp. 36.4%, BP PLC 13.6%, Total SA 13.6%, and Eni SPA 13.6%.
