Four internationally operating EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contractors have been shortlisted for a European LNG terminal project tender.
German LNG Terminal GmbH, the joint venture behind the LNG import and distribution terminal project in Brunsbuettel, Northern Germany, has completed the EPC Contractor pre-qualification process that started at the end of June, shortlisting the contractors to continue the competitive tender process.
The joint venture is made up of Dutch companies Vopak and Gasunie as well as German company Oiltanking, part of Marquard & Bahls AG.
Companies shortlisted
The shortlisted companies are Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios S.A. – Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas S.A.; Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd. - Korea Gas Corporation; Sacyr Fluor S.A. - Entrepose Contracting S.A.S. / VINCI Construction Grands Projets S.A.S. - Sacyr Somague S.A.; and Tecnicas Reunidas S.A. - Heitkamp HIKB GmbH.
The EPC tender closing is on 5 December 2019, with subsequent EPC contract award planned before the end of April 2020.
The EPC scope contains a jetty with two berths for LNG carriers ranging from 1,000 up to 265,000 cbm, both with LNG unloading and loading capabilities, LNG storage tanks, LNG vaporisation and distribution facilities for a total capacity up to 8 bcm per annum.
The terminal will combine a variety of services, including the unloading and loading of LNG carriers, the temporary storage of LNG, the re-gasification of LNG and its send-out into the German natural gas network and LNG distribution by trucks and rail cars.
