CNPC delivers first engineering package for Yamal LNG project | Oil & Gas Journal

A unit of China National Petroleum Corp. has delivered the first of more than 20 engineering packages for the Yamal LNG project in northern Russia (OGJ Online, July 10, 2014).

CNPC Offshore Engineering Co. said the FWP5 package was officially delivered to its owner as it was loaded Feb. 3 in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, after a year of construction. FWP5 has more than 15,000 structural parts.

The Yamal LNG facilities are to be built in modules in different regions around the world and then transported to the Yamal Peninsula for on-site assembling.

CNPC said it has been awarded the bidding for three other engineering packages.

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