The Bechtel Group Inc.’s oil, gas and chemicals global unit has received permission from Angola LNG Ltd to proceed with the construction of a 5.2 million-metric-tonne- per-year LNG train, along with storage and loading facilities for the natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas and condensate. The plant, adjacent to the town of Soyo, Angola, will use ConocoPhillips’ Optimized Cascade LNG process and will produce LNG, LPG’s and domestic pipeline gas. The Angola LNG project is an integrated gas utilisation project encompassing offshore and onshore operations to monetize gas resources from blocks located offshore Angola and is intended to contribute to the development of a future natural gas-based industry within Angola, with production of the first LNG scheduled for early 2012.
