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20-09-2024

Technip Energies and KBR selected for major LNG project by Lake Charles LNG

The KTJV joint venture between Technip Energies and KBR has been selected for a major Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication and Construction (EPFC) project by Lake Charles LNG. Subject to Lake Charles LNG making a final investment decision to proceed with this project, this project will convert the existing Lake Charles LNG import and regasification terminal, located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on the United States Gulf Coast, into an LNG export terminal. When the conversion is complete, the liquefaction terminal will be among the largest LNG terminals in the United States.

The award covers a new 16.45 Mtpa LNG export facility, including three 5.5 Mtpa modular LNG trains, brownfield modification to LNG storage, along with procurement, transportation, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and startup of the terminal.

Arnaud Pieton, CEO of Technip Energies: “We are very pleased to have been selected for this major Lake Charles LNG contract, which upon final investment decision, will highlight our continued leadership in modularized LNG and our strategic commitment to this market. This conversion will play a critical role in expanding the global energy supply. By providing the necessary infrastructure, we will support our client’s ambition of transporting and distributing LNG around the world. We look forward to offering our world-class LNG knowledge on this Lake Charles LNG initiative.”

Tom Mason, President of Lake Charles LNG: “Lake Charles LNG is pleased to obtain the commitment of two world-class companies to be the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for our liquefaction project. The structure of the contract provides alignment between KTJV and Lake Charles LNG to achieve a high-quality, cost-effective project. Our determination to issue a notice to proceed under the contract will be subject to our making a final investment decision to proceed with the project which will be based on obtaining sufficient commercial offtake commitments and third-party equity to satisfy our internal objectives. We believe that our alignment with KTJV is one more positive step in our continuing progress on the project.”

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