Freeport LNG Development LP, Houston, updated restart plans for its 15-million tonne/year liquefaction plant on Quintana Island, Tex., and has contracted Kiewit Energy Group Inc. to perform the engineering, procurement, and reconstruction activities.
The company identified a recovery plan for reinstatement of partial operations, having completed a detailed assessment of alternatives for resuming operations at the LNG plant following a shutdown after a June 8 explosion at the site, the company said in a release Aug. 23 (OGJ Online, June 9, 2022).
Initial restart is expected to begin early to mid-November, with a ramp up to a sustained level of at least 2 bcfd (85% of export capacity) by end November.
The recovery plan will utilize Freeport LNG's second LNG loading dock as a lay berth until loading capabilities at the second dock are reinstated in March 2023, at which time the company anticipates being capable of operating at 100% capacity, it continued.
