CB&I wins EPC for Southern LNG terminal expansion

June 5, 2003
Southern LNG Inc. has awarded a$90 million lump-sum, turnkey contract to Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV (CB&I), The Woodlands, Tex., to perform engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of an LNG terminal expansion near Savannah, Ga. The terminal expansion is expected to be completed by the end of 2005.

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, June 5 -- Southern LNG Inc. has awarded a $90 million lump sum, turnkey contract to Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV (CB&I), The Woodlands, Tex., to perform engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of an LNG terminal expansion near Savannah, Ga. The terminal expansion is expected to be completed by the end of 2005.

The project is designed to increase the facility's storage volume by 80% to 7.3 bcf and the design send-out rate to 800 MMscfd.

CB&I's work scope includes a new, 1 million bbl LNG storage tank, a 540 MMscfd send-out system, two LNG ship unloading stations, and related civil, mechanical, electrical, and insulation works.