Project Profile
Value: US$3.5 billion
Location: Lake Charles District, State of Louisiana, United States of America
Capacity: 8 mtpa (4 x 2 mtpa LNG trains)
Storage capacity: 2 X 160,000m³ storage tanks
Area: 90 acres
The Magnolia LNG project comprises the proposed development of an 8 mtpa LNG project on a 90 acres site, in an established LNG shipping channel in the Lake Charles District, State of Louisiana, United States of America. The development is based on the staged development of 4 x 2 mtpa LNG production trains using LNG Ltd’s wholly owned OSMR® LNG process technology and the completed LNG plant front end engineering and design of LNG Ltd’s Gladstone Fisherman’s Landing LNG Project in Queensland, Australia. Liquefied Natural Gas Limited is the operator and owner of the project. According to estimations the project will cost around US$2.2 billion and will create 45 new permanent jobs and will require an estimated 1,000 construction jobs. Each LNG train will have a design capacity of 2 mtpa, two 160,000m³ storage tanks, a jetty, a ship loading facility and associated infrastructure. The capital cost for the initial contracted work for two of the four planned liquefaction trains is estimated to be around US$1.986bn. The total MLNG project cost is estimated at US$3.5bn.
Operator:
Liquefied Natural Gas Limited: Operator with 100% interest
Contractor:
SK Engineering and Construction (SK E&C): EPC contract and a technical services agreement. Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract covering the initial four million tonnes per annum (mtpa) LNG installation, featuring two LNG trains. EPC contract also covers all required approvals and licences for the entirety of the 8 mtpa project. Plans also include two additional 2 mtpa trains, which will follow the initial installation.
KBR Inc. and SK Engineering & Construction (led by KBR): Magnolia LNG LLC (MLNG) has signed an engineering, procurement, and construction contract for the four-train, 8-million-tonne/year (tpy). MLNG’s lump-sum, turnkey EPC contract worth US$4.354 billion. (November 2015)
BNP Paribas: Magnolia LNG’s project finance adviser
Merlin Advisors LLC: Lenders’ technical consultant
Siemens: Contract to provide LNG Limited’s Magnolia project in Lake Charles, USA with the main OSMR process compression equipment and drivers for the full four train, eight‐mtpa LNG project. This equipment includes the main mixed refrigerant compressors and their gas turbine drivers, the ammonia refrigerant compressors with their steam turbine drivers, and the motor driven process gas booster compressors.
EthosEnergy: Contract to provide long‐term operations and maintenance services for the production phase of the MLNG project. These operating procedures will evolve into the standard deployed across all LNGL operating assets.
- O&M services contract. To provide mobilization services followed by full care, custody and control of the facility, as well as full responsibility for filling operations of the vessels at the dedicated mooring location adjacent to the facility. (August, 2016)