HOUSTON, April 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Kinder Morgan,
Inc. (NYSE: KMI) and IHI E&C jointly announced today that
Kinder Morgan subsidiaries, Elba
Liquefaction Company, L.L.C. and Southern LNG Company, L.L.C.,
awarded to IHI E&C a contract for the engineering, procurement,
construction, commissioning and startup of Kinder Morgan's natural gas liquefaction project
at Elba Island, near Savannah,
Georgia.
The approximately $2 billion Elba
Liquefaction Project will consist of 10 Movable Modular
Liquefaction System (MMLS) trains using Shell proprietary
technology. The new units will connect to Kinder Morgan's existing re-gasification
terminal at Elba Island, which will be modified to receive
liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the new liquefaction
facilities. Modifications to the existing Elba facilities
will include compression for vapor handling and new pumps for
loading the LNG on vessels for export.
Shell is the customer for 100 percent of the liquefaction
capacity and ship-loading services being developed by the
project. When completed, the Elba Liquefaction Project will
process and liquefy a total capacity of approximately 2.5 million
tonnes per annum of LNG.
"We are excited about this next step for our future LNG export
project and look forward to working with IHI E&C to bring it to
fruition," said Norman Holmes,
president of Kinder Morgan's
Southern Region Pipelines.
"IHI E&C is very pleased to receive this award, following a
period of FEED validation," said Glyn Rodgers, IHI E&C
President. "We and Kinder
Morgan share the same quality, safety and performance
objectives on making this project a huge success."
The companies have developed a schedule that reflects the
modular aspect of the new liquefaction facility. Initial
engineering, procurement and construction planning are being
performed by IHI E&C's Houston
office while awaiting approval of the project by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC). In addition to project
modularization, execution will feature significant instrumentation
and electrical engineering, logistics and interface management,
procurement, supply-chain expertise, and large scale
construction.
From the outset, the companies share a commitment to establish
and maintain a collaborative effort and an HSE (health, safety and
the environment) mindset that fosters ZERO HARM for the workforce
and the environment, built on continued HSE culture
reinforcement.
The execution strategy includes local subcontracting for site
services, local hire for labor, utilization of local vendors for
consumables, and working with local authorities on traffic and
other community interests. Proactive quality management will
encompass every aspect of the project, from EPC through to
commissioning and start-up.
The project also will exemplify IHI E&C's business model
during the execution phase with a specific focus on value to the
customer, collaboration and performance.
About IHI E&C
IHI E&C International Corporation (IHI E&C), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of IHI Corporation, is a Houston-based
engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company providing
energy solutions around the globe. We are a talented
collaboration of people with extensive technical knowledge and
expertise that allow us to deliver projects in a variety of
industries, including Gas Processing and Liquefied Natural Gas
(LNG), Petrochemicals, Chemicals and Polymers, Synthesis Gas and
Derivatives, and Refining. Our comprehensive understanding of
project life-cycles combined with our full-service capabilities
enable us to span the entire project development cycle, from
feasibility studies and front-end development to comprehensive EPC
work, commissioning and start-up. Our technological expertise
is indicative of the value that we offer our customers, our
shareholders, and society. For more information please visit
ihi-ec.com.
About Kinder Morgan
Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI)
is the largest energy infrastructure company in North America. It owns an interest in or
operates approximately 84,000 miles of pipelines and
approximately 180 terminals. The company's pipelines transport
natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, CO2 and other
products, and its terminals store petroleum products and chemicals,
and handle bulk materials like coal and petroleum coke. For more
information please visit www.kindermorgan.com.
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