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Dixstone announced the contract award last week, saying the project includes a near-shore liquefaction barge and LNG storage.
According to Dixstone, this project will produce 0.7 mtpa of LNG and 25,000 tons of LPG per year in the first phase.
The firm also said the project will have a storage capacity of 137,000 cbm in an ex-gas tanker converted to a floating storage and offloading unit.
Dixstone will construct the liquefaction barge in Dubai, where a new office has been set up, based on its extensive experience in international FSO/FPSO conversions in the last 20 years.
The company said it is providing a local content capacity to the project thanks to its “Les Chantiers du Gabon” yard situated in Port-Gentil.
The yard will be used to support Perenco Oil & Gas Gabon’s onshore works, which are necessary to gather gas from the country’s operated fields and to support the works at the Cap Lopez terminal.
Last year, Perenco announced a positive final investment decision on the liquefaction plant in Gabon worth more than $1 billion.
The project will see the transformation of Cap Lopez into both an oil and gas terminal.
Perenco’s unit in Gabon operates onshore and offshore licenses, as well as floating offshore storage and offloading (FPSO) units.
The company then said it expected the LNG production facility to be completed in about three years.
Perenco recently purchased a stake in floating LNG player Golar LNG.
The company’s investment affiliate Naria has taken a 9.9 percent stake in Golar.
Golar and Perenco are partners in the FLNG project located offshore Cameroon’s Kribi.
Last year, Golar’s FLNG Hilli, which serves the project, offloaded its 100th cargo of LNG since it started operations in 2018.