LNG – Plants, Carriers And Receiving Terminals

The demand for natural gas, in particular liquefied natural gas (LNG), has increased significantly since the turn of the 21^st century. This demand is set to rise further as the world continues its shift towards cleaner sources of energy.

The liquefaction of natural gas allows for ease of transport and storage (the energy density of LNG is 600 times greater than in its gaseous form). Natural gas is condensed into a liquid by cooling it to cryogenic temperatures of approximately -162°c.

CPA offers cryogenic pipe support solutions through the design and manufacture of pipe supports which incorporate high density polyurethane foam (HD PUF) or rigidised Aerogel as an extremely effective load bearing cryogenic insulation medium.

See below some examples of major projects that CPA has successfully completed within the LNG industry:

Tortue LNG, Offshore Senegal

The Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) is an offshore FLNG export terminal project on the maritime border of Mauritania and Senegal. It involves one of the deepest subsea developments in Africa.

The FLNG facility is designed to provide 2.5 million tonnes per annum, with the total gas resources in the field estimated to be around 15 trillion cubic feet.

Location: Offshore Mauritania and Senegal
CPA products supplied: Cryogenic supports, cold insulation blocks, spring supports, rigid struts, sliding plates and ancillary items
Year: 2023-2019

LNG Canada, Canada

LNG Canada is a LNG export terminal project in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada.

The project will initially export LNG from two processing units, or “trains,” totaling 14 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of natural gas, and that, ultimately, the project may add two more trains and increase total production to 26 mtpa.

Location: Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada
CPA products supplied: Cryogenic supports, cold insulation blocks, hanger supports and ancillary items
Year: 2023-2019

Golden Pass LNG, USA

The new Golden Pass liquefaction and export facility, expected to launch in 2024, is being constructed adjacent to the existing LNG import terminal in Sabine Pass.

The giant facility will add three 5.2Mtpa liquefaction trains, a refrigerant and condensate storage tank, a supply dock and a marine delivery facility, a truck unloading facility along with a feed gas pre-treatment facility.

Location: Texas, USA
CPA products supplied: Constant/variable effort spring supports, rigid supports, sliding plates, ancillary items
Year: 2023-2020

Calcasieu Pass LNG, USA

Calcasieu Pass is an LNG export facility project in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, south of the city of Lake Charles. Once complete, the plant will export 10 MTPA of LNG per year.

Location: Louisiana, USA
CPA products supplied: Cryogenic supports
Year: 2020

Scarborough FPU, Australia

The Scarborough FPU is set for completion 2024. With a production capacity of up to 1.8 billion standard cubic feet per day, the topside will be connected to the semi-submersible hull.

It will be installed in a water depth of 3,100ft, approximately 248 miles offshore Western Australia.

Equipped to process natural gas, the FPU can be remotely operated therefore requiring minimal minimal staffing during normal production operations.

Location: Offshore Western Australia
CPA products supplied: Constant and variable effort spring supports
Year: 2023

Dhamra LNG Receiving Terminal, India

With the opening of the terminal India’s regasification capacity will increase to 47 mta. The Dhamra terminal is expected to regasify 2.2M tonnes of LNG in fiscal year 2024 (ending March 2024), backed by IOCL securing a tender for eight LNG cargoes in March 2023 for delivery between June 2023 and May 2024.

Located in Odisha, Indua, Dhamra LNG Receiving Terminal opened in 2023. It has an initial 5 mtpa capacity, with the potential to expand further to 10-12 mtpa. The terminal can cater to LNG carriers with capacities ranging between 70,000 and 265,000 m³ and will offer breakbulk services, allowing the terminal to supply LNG to neighbouring countries, such as Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Location: Odisha, India
CPA products supplied: Cryogenic supports
Year: 2020-2019

Tangguh LNG, Indonesia

Tangguh LNG is an LNG terminal in West Papua, Indonesia. Tangguh LNG extracts natural gas from offshore reservoirs and transfers it to an LNG plant onshore for processing and conversion into LNG. Shipping tankers are used to supply LNG from the plant to markets across Asia Pacific and other regions.

Location: Offshore Western Australia
CPA products supplied: Cryogenic supports and hydraulic snubbers
Year: 2019-2018

Ichthys Offshore LNG Project, Australia

Located 220 km offshore Western Australia, the Ichthys LNG Project is among the most significant oil and gas projects in the world. Gas from the Ichthys Field will undergo preliminary processing offshore and will then be exported to onshore processing facilities via an 890km pipeline. The Ichthys LNG Project is expected to produce up to 8.9 million tonnes of LNG and 1.6 million tonnes of LPG per annum, along with approximately 100,000 barrels of condensate per day at peak.

Location: Offshore Western Australia
CPA products supplied: Cryogenic supports
Year: 2014

Hainan LNG Receiving Terminal, China

The Hainan LNG receiving terminal, located at the Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Hainan, China, includes two storage tanks and has a nominal capacity of 3 mmtpa. CPA supplied spring supports and hydraulic snubbers as part of the construction of this terminal.

Location: Hainan, China
CPA products supplied: Spring supports and hydraulic snubbers
Year: 2013

Pluto LNG Project, Australia

The Pluto LNG project, located offshore Western Australia, produces gas from six wells connected via subsea tieback to an offshore facility. The offshore facility exports the gas via a 180km long submarine pipeline to an onshore pipeline then to the LNG processing plant.

Location: Offshore Western Australia
C&P products supplied: Cryogenic supports
Year: 2012

CPC Taichung Receiving Terminal, Taiwan

At the end of 2019, CPC completed the first expansion of the Taichung LNG terminal (Taichung LNG Terminal Phase 2).

The latest expansion, Phase 3, involves the construction of another berth and associated tanks in two phases:

2 million t/y of regasification capacity will be added by 2023
2.7 million t/y remaining capacity will be added by 2026

Location: Taichung, Taiwan
CPA products supplied: Cryogenic supports, cold insulation blocks, constant/variable effort spring supports and ancillary items
Year: 2023-2022

Plaquemines LNG, USA

Plaquemines LNG project is a natural gas liquefaction and LNG export terminal being developed in Louisiana, US.

The LNG project will have a nameplate production capacity of 20 million metric tons per annum (Mtpa), while the peak production capacity is expected to be 24Mtpa.

Location: Louisiana, USA
CPA products supplied: Cryogenic supports
Year: 2014

PTT Nong Fab Receiving Terminal, Thailand

The Nong Fab LNG receiving terminal is located in Thailand’s Rayong Province. It is the second LNG receiving terminal to be built in Thailand after the Map Ta Phut LNG terminal.

Nong Fab LNG, which received its first LNG cargo in 2022, possesses a regasification capacity of 7.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) and a peak output capacity of 9Mtpa.

Location: Rayong Province, Thailand
CPA products supplied: Cryogenic supports, constant/variable effort spring supports, rigid hangers, sliding plates and ancillary items
Year: 2021-2020

North Field East, Qatar

The North Field East LNG project being developed by Qatargas, a subsidiary of Qatar Petroleum is expected to increase the LNG production capacity of Qatar from 77 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) to 110Mtpa by 2025.

The North Field East LNG project is being developed as part of the first phase of the North Field expansion project which is expected to produce the first gas by the end of 2025.

The second phase of the North Field expansion, known as the North Field South project, is expected to further increase the LNG production capacity of Qatar from 110Mtpa to 126Mtpa by 2027.

Location: Offshore Qatar
CPA products supplied: Heat Isolation Blocks
Year: 2023-2022

CPC Yung-An Receiving Terminal, Taiwan

Yung-An LNG Terminal is the first LNG import terminal in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, owned by CPC Corporation. The terminal has a receiving capacity of 10 mtpa.

Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
CPA products supplied: Constant/variable effort spring supports
Year: 2023

Bahrain LNG Receiving Terminal, Bahrain

Construction of Bahrain LNG Receiving Terminal, the first LNG receiving and regasification terminal in the Middle East, completed in 2020.

The terminal comprises of a floating storage unit (FSU), an offshore LNG receiving jetty and breakwater, an adjacent regasification platform, subsea gas pipelines from the platform to shore, an onshore gas receiving facility, and an onshore nitrogen production facility.

Location: Kingdom of Bahrain
CPA products supplied: Cryogenic supports
Year: 2018-2017

Batangas LNG Receiving Terminal, Philippines

Batangas LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in the Philippines. It receives its first LNG cargo in 2023.

Location: Batangas, Philippines
CPA products supplied: Cryogenic supports
Year: 2022

Ennore LNG Regasification Project, India

The Ennore LNG Terminal Project involves the construction of a five million tonnes per annum liquefied natural gas (LNG) import, storage and regasification terminal at Kattupalli, close to the Kamarajar Port Limited (formerly Ennore Port), India. The facility will supply about 20 million cubic feet of natural gas daily to the industrial consumers.

Location: Kamarajar Port, Chennai, India
CPA products supplied: Cryogenic supports
Year: 2016

Petronas LNG Train 9, Malaysia

Petronas LNG Terminal Train 9 is an LNG terminal in Sarawak, Malaysia; it is a part of the Petronas Bintulu LNG Complex. It has capacity of 3.6 mtpa and was first commissioned in 2016.

Location: Sarawak, Malaysia
CPA products supplied: Sliding plates
Year: 2014

Grain LNG Terminal Expansion, UK

Grain LNG Terminal, owned by National Grid, is an LNG terminal on the Isle of Grain, UK. The terminal has the capacity to receive up to 15 million tonnes per annum of LNG, has storage capacity for one million cubic metres of LNG, and is able to regasify up to 645 GWh per day (58 million cubic metres per day).

Location: Isle of Grain, UK
C&P products supplied: Cryogenic supports
Year: 2014

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