Tellurian Inc. (Tellurian) and Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals, Inc. (Bechtel) have entered into four fixed price, lump sum turnkey agreements totaling $15.2 billion for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of Driftwood LNG, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility proposed near Lake Charles, Louisiana. Driftwood LNG includes:
- Twenty liquefaction units, each expected to produce up to 1.38 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG;
- Liquefaction technology from Chart Industries’ proprietary Integrated Pre-cooled Single Mixed Refrigerant (IPSMR®) process;
- Twenty GE refrigeration compressors, each driven by GE aero-derivative natural gas turbines;
- Three 235,000 cubic meter, full containment LNG storage tanks; and
- Three marine loading berths.
Driftwood LNG will be constructed in four phases, with each phase beginning operations on a staggered basis:
- Phase 1: Up to 11 mtpa of LNG from 8 units, storage tanks 1 & 2, loading berth 1 and related utilities
- Phase 2: Up to 5.5 mtpa of LNG from 4 units, loading berth 2 and related utilities
- Phase 3: Up to 5.5 mtpa of LNG from 4 units, storage tank 3, loading berth 3 and related utilities
- Phase 4: Up to 5.5 mtpa of LNG from 4 units and related utilities
President and CEO Meg Gentle said, “The agreements with Bechtel guarantee performance and secure the EPC cost of Driftwood LNG at $550 per tonne, one of the lowest-cost liquefaction construction projects worldwide. Execution of the lump sum, turnkey EPC agreements concludes 18 months of open collaboration among Bechtel, Chart Industries, GE and Tellurian. We have worked as a team to reduce construction costs and improve operating reliability and efficiency. Bechtel is a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction of LNG facilities, having delivered 42 LNG trains on 17 projects in 10 countries. Today, production on Bechtel-built facilities accounts for 30% of global LNG capacity. We are proud to work together on the next generation of U.S. LNG exports.”
