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Dive Brief:
- Bechtel’s work in Port Arthur, Texas, continues. The builder signed a fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 project under development under a Announcement of July 18.
- The award continues the Reston, Virginia-based contractor’s relationship with Sempra: The utility also used Bechtel in 2018 to build the $13 billion Phase 1 of the Port Arthur plant on Sabine Lake near Houston.
- As part of the Phase 2 agreement, Bechtel will also perform the detailed commissioning, commissioning, performance testing and operator training activities for the project, according to the release. The builder declined to comment on the cost of Phase 2.
Diving knowledge:
Phase 2 of the Port Arthur project received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in September 2023, according to the release.
The scope of the agreement also includes the ability to conduct pre-final investment decision work to better ensure project cost and schedule certainty.
The project will contain two liquefaction trains capable of producing approximately 13 million tons per year of liquefied natural gas, doubling the facility’s total liquefaction capacity to 26 million tons per year, according to the release.
Phase 1 is currently under construction and consists of Trains 1 and 2, as well as two LNG storage tanks and associated facilities. Progress is progressing and Sempra expects commercial operation dates for Train 1 and Train 2 to be 2027 and 2028, respectively.
“Building on the success of Phase 1 of Port Arthur LNG, currently under construction, the Phase 2 project is expected to further enhance the safe, abundant and reliable supply of US natural gas to customers from around the world,” said Justin Bird, CEO. of Sempra Infrastructure, in the press release.
The federal government recognizes Port Arthur as an energy hub. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers selected Flatiron, based in Broomfield, Colo., to build $102 million in surge protection improvements to three pumping stations in the region, to protect them from inclement weather and sea level rise.
