Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. has let a contract to Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering & Construction Group for work on an LNG terminal to be built at Ennore in Tamil Nadu, India (see map, OGJ, June 19, 2000, p. 62).
The terminal will have a design capacity of 5 million tonnes/year. State-owned IOCL expects start-up in 2015-16.
The Foster Wheeler unit will handle basic design, front-end engineering design, and preparation of capital and operating cost estimates. The firm also will include marine studies to help IOCL determine final jetty location, utilities, and send-out facilities.
Bob Tippee has been chief editor of Oil & Gas Journal since January 1999 and a member of the Journal staff since October 1977. Before joining the magazine, he worked as a reporter at the Tulsa World and served for four years as an officer in the US Air Force. A native of St. Louis, he holds a degree in journalism from the University of Tulsa.
