Contract let for Camisea cryogenic gas processing plant

March 5, 2010
Pluspetrol Peru Corp. SA, operator of Peru’s Camisea natural gas project, has hired CB&I, Houston, to supply a cryogenic natural gas processing plant in Malvinas as part of an expansion of the project.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Mar. 5
-- Pluspetrol Peru Corp. SA, operator of Peru’s Camisea natural gas project, has hired CB&I, Houston, to supply a cryogenic natural gas processing plant in Malvinas as part of an expansion of the project.

Pluspetrol awarded the $45 million contract in its capacity as operator and contract administrator, acting for the licensees, said a CB&I announcement.

CB&I will provide engineering, procurement, and modular fabrication of a plant with inlet capacity of 520 MMscfd of gas. The unit, scheduled for completion later this year, will treat gas produced from Pagoreni field and separate natural gas liquids.

CB&I has been involved in Camisea since its beginning, supplying four cryogenic plants at Malvinas, as well as a fractionation and topping plant at Pisco, and the refrigerated and atmospheric storage tanks on the site.