By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Jan. 26 -- Gulf Coast LNG Partners LP, Houston, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tractebel Gas Engineering GMBH for a full-service, lump-sum turnkey contract for detailed engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of the proposed Calhoun LNG Regasification Terminal at Port Lavaca-Point Comfort in Calhoun County, Tex.
Tractebel will work with GCLP through a detailed, open-book engineering design process. The facility will have vaporization and liquid separation capacity of 1 bcfd (OGJ, Mar. 28, 2005, Newsletter).
Pending regulatory approvals, full operation of the terminal is scheduled for late 2009 to early 2010.
GCLP is a partnership of Gulf Coast LNG LLC and Haddington Energy Partners II LP, a private equity fund managed by Haddington Ventures LLC.