LNG
NEWS
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LNG
INDUSTRY
APRIL
2016
DIARY DATES
09 - 12 May 2016
Flame
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
23 - 25 May 2016
ILTA
Houston, Texas, USA
07 - 09 June 2016
CWC’s 14
th
Americas Summit & Exhibition
Houston, Texas, USA
14 - 16 June 2016
CWC’s LNG Fuels Summit
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
12 - 15 September 2016
45
th
Turbomachinery & 32
nd
Pump Symposia
Houston, Texas, USA
tps.tamu.edu
04 - 07 April 2017
Gastech 2017
Tokyo, Japan
Kuwait
Hyundai E&C awarded Al-Zour LNG import
terminal project
H
yundai Engineering & Construction has
announced that it has received a contract to
construct a large scale LNG plant in Kuwait, alongside
Hyundai Engineering and Korea Gas Corp. (Kogas). The
deal is valued at over 3 trillion won.
The Al-Zour LNG import terminal project will
include the construction of a regasification facility and
eight LNG storage tanks, as well as the civil works for
coastal facilities in Al-Zour, 90 km south of Kuwait’s
capital, Kuwait City.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction said that
it expects to be in charge of the construction of
the LNG tanks and the docking facilities, while
Hyundai Engineering will build the regasification facility.
Kogas is responsible for commissioning and operation
training for the client. Construction is expected to take
58 months and is scheduled to be completed in 2020.
Japan
Hitachi LNG terminal construction completed
T
okyo Gas Co. Ltd has announced that it has successfully
completed the construction of the Hitachi LNG terminal
in the Hitachi Port area, Japan, and that operations have now
begun.
In addition to this, the company has commenced usage
of the Ibaraki-Tochigi line – a newly built, high pressure
trunk line. Tokyo Gas now has a 950 km, high pressure
pipeline network that mainly serves around the Tokyo
metropolitan region.
Construction of both the pipeline and the LNG terminal
commenced in 2012, as Tokyo Gas sought to meet growing
demand for gas.
Tokyo Gas is now preparing to construct a second
LNG tank for the Hitachi LNG terminal. It expects that
construction will be complete by 2020. The company claims
that energy security will be improved in the Kanto region
by looping high pressure trunk lines through connecting the
existing Kashima Waterfront line and the newly planned
Ibaraki-line.
