Lake Charles LNG names engineering, construction firms

The project will add 240 acres to Lake Charles LNG’s overall footprint which will allow for the development of a liquefaction and export facility. It is the only brownfield project among those in the pre-FID process. (Image: Lake Charles LNG)

Technip Energies and KBR announced they have been selected for an engineering, procurinment, fabrication and construction contract for a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.

The companies, which are working as a joint venture, said they were selected by Lake Charles LNG, for a new 16.45 Mtpa(2) LNG export facility, including three 5.5 Mtpa modular LNG trains, brownfield modification to LNG storage, along with procurement, transportation, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and startup of the terminal.

Subject to Lake Charles LNG making a final investment decision to proceed with this project, this project will convert the existing Lake Charles LNG import and regasification terminal, located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on the United States Gulf Coast, into an LNG export terminal. When the conversion is complete, the liquefaction terminal will be among the largest LNG terminals in the United States.

“We are very pleased to have been selected for this major Lake Charles LNG contract, which upon final investment decision, will highlight our continued leadership in modularized LNG and our strategic commitment to this market,” said Arnaud Pieton, CEO of Technip Energies. “This conversion will play a critical role in expanding the global energy supply. By providing the necessary infrastructure, we will support our client’s ambition of transporting and distributing LNG around the world. We look forward to offering our world-class LNG knowledge on this Lake Charles LNG initiative.”

Tom Mason, President of Lake Charles LNG, said the company is pleased to obtain the commitment of two world-class companies to be the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for our liquefaction project.

“Our determination to issue a notice to proceed under the contract will be subject to our making a final investment decision to proceed with the project which will be based on obtaining sufficient commercial offtake commitments and third-party equity to satisfy our internal objectives,” Mason said. “We believe that our alignment with KTJV is one more positive step in our continuing progress on the project.”