Baker Hughes scores equipment and services contracts for Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG terminal

According to a Baker Hughes statement, the awards, booked in the second quarter, comprise orders from EPC contractor Bechtel and Cheniere to supply liquefaction equipment for Train 7 and for a boil-off gas re-liquefaction unit, as well as an award for fleet-wide gas turbine technology upgrades.

The equipment orders for Phase 1 of the Sabine Pass expansion project include seven PGT25+ G4 gas turbines driving 15 centrifugal compressors, enabling approximately 6 million tons per annum (mtpa) of additional LNG production capacity.

Additionally, Baker Hughes will deliver upgrades across the entire fleet of installed aeroderivative PGT25+ G4 gas turbines at the Sabine Pass facility over a four-year period.

Baker Hughes said these upgrades will help to increase the power output of the turbines to enhance LNG production capabilities, helping deliver efficiency across the facility’s current approximate 30 mtpa capacity.

These upgrades, together with Train 7 and the boil-off gas re-liquefaction unit, are expected to add over 6 mtpa of capacity at Sabine Pass.

“The expansion and upgrade of the Sabine Pass LNG terminal support growing global demand for natural gas in energy and industrial applications, helping to deliver affordable energy supply,” Baker Huhhes said.

Baker Hughes did not provide the contract pricing details.

In May, a unit of Cheniere Energy Partners entered into a lump sum, turnkey, engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with Bechtel for the first phase of the Sabine Pass LNG expansion project in Louisiana.

In addition, Bechtel has received a limited notice to proceed to start early engineering and procurement for the project.

The EPC contract is valued at $4.69 billion.