Project Profile
Value: US$881 Million
Location: Levis, Beaumont, Quebec Province
Capacity: 500 mmscfd
Pipeline length: 42 km
Startup Year: 2016
The project, located in Levis, Beaumont, Quebec Province, will see the proposed construction of a deepwater port LNG receiving & regasification terminal with a capacity 500 mmscfd. The gas from the plant would supply the Quebec and Ontario markets. Gaz De France will secure the gas supplies, build terminals at supplier and provide 4 tanker ships to transport it (US$2 billion). Gaz Metropolitain and Enbridge will build wharf, 2 storage tanks (total capacity 320,000 m3), regasification equipment, and pipeline. The goal of the Rabaska LNG terminal project is to give Quebec and Eastern Ontario an alternative gas supply source. In addition to ensuring a more secure supply, increased resource availability will create a more competitive environment that will benefit all consumers, particularly the some 50,000 commercial, industrial, and institutional customers in Quebec who now use natural gas.
The 42km, 24\" pipeline will require installation of a delivery gate adjacent to that of TQM Pipeline, as well as a pigging station and an automatic block valve at each end. A third block valve will be placed approximately midway. The proposed pipeline, construction of which will take 12 months, represents an investment of over US$65 million. The electricity required for Rabaska operations will be supplied by two new 230 kV powerlines that will link the terminal to existing lines 1.5 km from the terminal. Three or four towers per line will have to be built to link the terminal to the existing lines. Hydro-Quebec will oversee construction of these powerlines after obtaining required authorizations.
Operator:
Gaz Metro
Enbridge
GDF Suez Group
Contractors:
Foster Wheeler: FEED - Early engineering and site issues
MW Kellogg Ltd (MWKL): FEED
Hydro Quebec: Powerlines