Project Profile
Location: Incheon, South Korea
Capacity: 5mtpa
Regasification capacity: 3,870t/hour
Start-up year: 2002
Incheon Terminal is a 5mtpa onshore LNG liquefaction plantThe Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) completed their LNG terminal in Incheon, South Korea in mid-2002. The Incheon LNG terminal is one of the biggest in the world and began its operation with three storage tanks (each 100,000m³) and 360t/hour of regasification capacity in 1996. Currently, the terminal has a 3,870t/hour regasification capacity. It was able to provide the Seoul metropolitan area with 14 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of natural gas by 2004. HEC is providing engineering, procurement services, construction supervision and project management services for this project. Samsung and Daewoo played a large part in the first stage of construction as they were awarded the #13 and #14 underground storage and gasification elements and overground storage tanks contracts. Cryogenic valves for the Inchon LNG terminal expansion were supplied by Severn Glocan.
Operators:
KOGAS: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
Samsung and Daewoo: EPC for underground storage and gasification elements and overground storage tanks contracts.
Hyundai Engineering Company (HEC): EPC contract
Severn Glocan: Cryogenic valves contract
DNV GL Korea: A technology qualification (TQ) contract for a FEED Package for a 5mtpa onshore LNG liquefaction plant based on the innovative KSMR™ liquefaction process. KSMR™ is a new natural gas liquefaction process and is for LNG plants and floating LNG due to its compactness. DNV GL will also review the process simulation report of the KSMRTM LNG liquefaction process involving natural gas liquid recovery, liquefaction, end flash and refrigeration, in line with KOGAS design specification. DNV GL has supported KOGAS to set the qualification basis which is the initial stage of the TQ process, which is likely to continue into 2016.