By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Mar. 4 -- South Hook LNG Terminal Co. let a turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV (CB&I) for Phase II construction of an LNG import terminal near Milford Haven, Wales.
Under the lump-sum, $325-million Phase II project, CB&I is responsible for doubling the facility's regasification and sendout capacity, refurbishment of a second loading berth on the existing jetty, two additional 155,000-cu-m full-containment LNG storage tanks, and expansion of the associated facilities.
Phase II, executed through the CB&I John Brown office in London, will run concurrently with Phase I, with construction beginning in mid-2005.
CB&I is also in charge of Phase I, valued at $725-750 million, which includes a ship-unloading system, three 155,000-cu-m full-containment LNG storage tanks, and a regasification and sendout system. Marine works include major refurbishment of an existing jetty to allow berthing of LNG tankers. Completion of Phase I is expected late in 2007.
South Hook, a UK company owned by affiliates of Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil Corp., will own and operate the LNG facility (OGJ Online, July 11, 2003). LNG for South Hook will come from the Qatar Liquefied Gas Co. Ltd. (II) LNG plant, being built at Ras Laffan, Qatar.