McDermott International and its partners Chiyoda International and Zachry have announced the start of commercial operations of the second liquefaction train at the Freeport LNG facility in Texas, US.
Last month, first natural gas was produced from Train 2 at the Freeport LNG export facility.
McDermott International North, Central and South America senior vice-president Mark Coscio said: “We continue to advance the Freeport LNG Project with another significant accomplishment, the commercial operation of Train 2.
“Congratulations to the joint venture project team who has maintained a commitment to safety and quality. Now we turn our full attention to the delivery of the final train.”
McDermott noted that the third train of Freeport LNG remains on schedule for completion while initial LNG production from the train is expected during the first quarter of this year.
In 2011, JV lead Zachry engaged McDermott for the pre-FEED followed by front-end engineering and design (FEED) works to support the project’s early development stage.
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By GlobalDataChiyoda later joined the partnership for work related to Train 3.
The liquefaction project comprises three pre-treatment trains, a liquefaction facility with three trains, and a second loading berth. A 165,000m³ full containment LNG storage tank is also part of the project.
In September, Freeport LNG Development raised more than $1bn to add a fourth production unit to its export terminal on Quintana Island after selecting KBR as the preferred bidder for the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning contract for Train 4 in May.
The first train of the Freeport LNG Liquefaction project reached the final commissioning stage in July.
