Sabine Pass Liquefaction (SPL) project engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals Inc. subcontracted Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. to dredge the plant’s third marine berth, starting third-quarter 2020. The third berth will be used to load 125,000-180,000-cu m LNG carriers.
Bechtel is EPC contractor for SPL’s Train 6 and third berth expansions at SPL for subsidiaries of Cheniere Energy Partners LP. Cheniere proposes to build and operate a 5-million tonne/year (tpy) expansion of its existing 25-million tpy Sabine Pass LNG plant, in Cameron Parish, La., on the Sabine Pass channel.
Cheniere on Mar. 31, 2020, described Train 6 as 50% complete. The company expects substantial completion of both the new train and third birth by first-quarter 2023. Cheniere made its final investment decision on Train 6 last year (OGJ Online, June 3, 2020).
Great Lakes previously worked as a subcontractor to Bechtel on Chevron Australia Pty. Ltd.’s 9-million tpy Wheatstone LNG plant in Western Australia and also worked for Cheniere on its 15-million tpy Corpus Christi Liquefaction plant sited on the north shore of Corpus Christi Bay in Texas.