Kinder Morgan, Inc. and IHI E&C have jointly declared that Kinder Morgan subsidiaries, Elba Liquefaction Company, L.L.C. and Southern LNG Company, L.L.C., awarded to IHI E&C a contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up of Kinder Morganâs natural gas liquefaction project at Elba Island, near Savannah, Georgia.
The approximately USD 2B Elba Liquefaction Project will consist of 10 Movable Modular Liquefaction System (MMLS) trains using Shell proprietary technology. The new units will connect to Kinder Morganâs existing re-gasification terminal at Elba Island, which will be modified to receive liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the new liquefaction facilities. Modifications to the existing Elba facilities will include compression for vapour handling and new pumps for loading the LNG on vessels for export.
âWe are excited about this next step for our future LNG export project and look forward to working with IHI E&C to bring it to fruition,â? said Norman Holmes, president of Kinder Morganâs Southern Region Pipelines.
Initial engineering, procurement and construction planning are being performed by IHI E&Câs Houston office while awaiting approval of the project by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Proactive quality management will encompass every aspect of the project, from EPC through to commissioning and start-up.