JGC/Fluor JV Awarded FEED Contract for Mozambique LNG Plant
Tokyo, Jan 8, 2013 (JCN) - JGC Corporation and Fluor Corporation have announced their 50/50 joint venture was awarded a Front-End Engineering and Design ("FEED") contract by from Anadarko Mocambique Area 1, Limitada for an onshore natural gas liquefaction facility in the Republic of Mozambique.
The project has the potential to expand its capacity up to approximately 50 million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the future. The FEED will deliver designs for the initial phase of the Mozambique LNG project of four trains, each train capable of producing 5 mmtpa of LNG.
This facility is the first LNG project in Mozambique. The feedstock comes from offshore production facilities at Offshore Area 1, operated by Anadarko, and Offshore Area 4, operated by Eni. The first LNG cargo is targeted for 2018.
JGC is presently involved in four LNG projects in the EPC phase in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Australia, respectively, as well as two FEED works for onshore LNG plant and floating LNG plant in Malaysia.
With this project award in Mozambique, JGC, with its partner Fluor, hopes to further enhance its LNG and project execution reputation on the African continent.
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