Uchenna Izundu
International Editor
LONDON, Jan. 22 -- Royal Vopak and NV Nederlandse Gasunie, project operators of the planned 9 billion cu m/year Gate liquefaction terminal at Rotterdam, have awarded a turnkey contract to Sener Ingenieria y Sistemas SA and Techint Group to jointly construct the terminal. The value of the contract was not disclosed.
The €800 million plant will take 4 years to construct. Sener and Techint will perform detailed engineering and oversee purchasing, construction, and start-up.
Entrepose Contracting and Vinci Construction PLC—both also participating in the venture—will design and build the three 180,000 cu m LNG tanks, which will have an emission capacity of 9 billion cu m/year of gas. Two tanks of the same size will be added later.
Gate LNG initially will have a jetty for LNG ships having capacities as great as 267,000 cu m. A second jetty will be built at a later date.
Gate will have a greater capacity than the average European LNG plant, a Sener executive said.
Dong Energy, EconGas, and Essent, initial customers for long-term throughput agreements, will each take 3 billion cu m/year.
New shareholders in the terminal are Dong Energy, Essent, and OMV Gas International (as a major shareholder of EconGas), which will each acquire a 5% equity stake.
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