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Award: Expansion of the liquefied natural gas plant
Value: 4.69 billion dollars
Location: Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Customer: Cheniere Energy
Bechtel has added another major project to its liquefied natural gas portfolio, this time at Sabine Pass in Louisiana.
The Reston, Virginia, builder has been given a limited notice to proceed with Train 7, a portion of the Phase 1 of the Sabine Pass Liquefaction Expansion Project in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, the contractor announced on May 28. Bechtel is contracted for $4.69 billionaccording to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by owner Cheniere Energy on May 22.
Train 7, when complete, will have one maximum production rate of approximately 6 megatons per yearaccording to the Cheniere website.
Sabine Pass borders Cameron Parish and Jefferson County, Texas.
There are decades of history between the two companies. Between 2005 and 2009, Bechtel designed, built and expanded the plant’s original LNG receiving terminal, which helped prepare Sabine Pass for its transformation into the first large-scale LNG export facility in the continental United States, according to the news release.
Then, between 2016 and 2022, Bechtel delivered six liquefaction trains to the facility, which added approximately 30 MPTA of export capacity.
“As global energy demand increases and countries seek a secure and reliable supply, LNG will continue to play an essential role in the energy mix for decades to come,” Paul Marsden, president of Bechtel’s energy business, said in the announcement.
Bechtel has no shortage of LNG projects in its portfolio. The company is currently building 17 liquefaction trains, with five medium-scale trains turned in, at five sites in two countries, according to the builder.
These projects include a additional work worth $9 billion at the Rio Grande LNG facility in Brownsville, Texas, for the next decade. Bechtel finalized and executed $9 billion contracts for trains 4 and 5 at the facility, for which the contractor will receive $4.77 billion and $4.32 billion, respectively.
Bechtel’s work also includes the Woodside Louisiana LNG Terminal in Sulphur, Louisiana. Woodside Energy, an Australian oil and gas company, chose Bechtel to build the facility in December 2024. In total, the facility will cost $27 billion in total contract costs.
