Dunkirk regasification plant receives its first LNG carrier

Dunkirk regasification plant. Photo courtesy of EDF.

 

The regasification plant in Dunkirk, France received its first LNG carrier on the morning of July 8, initiating the terminal's commissioning phase. The plant project was carried out by TS LNG, a consortium comprising Techint Engineering & Construction and SENER engineering and technology group. Its commercial operations are slated to begin in mid-September. This marks the end of the plant’s construction phase.

In 2011, TS LNG and Dunkerque LNG (a subsidiary of EDF) signed a contract to build the processing plant for the terminal. Since then, Techint E&C and SENER have worked together to build and launch a high-efficiency, high-performance plant. In order to complete the construction work, TS LNG coordinated with consortia in charge of the LNG tanks and the tunnel that will collect the seawater to be used in the vaporization process.

The Dunkirk regasification plant is equipped with three 190,000 m³ storage tanks and it has an average natural gas production capacity of 13 Bcmy. It has a berthing dock, unloading arms and pipes, storage tanks, regasification and gas emission systems, a Boil-Off Gas (BOG) recovery system, a flare stack, a seawater pump system for vaporization, auxiliary systems, and a complex with the buildings (offices, control and safety facilities, workshops, etc.) needed for operations.

Within the TS LNG consortium, Techint E&C and SENER have worked in close cooperation to develop all of the basic and detailed engineering, procurement all of the equipment, and perform the construction for the civil engineering, buildings, berthing dock, loading pipes and regasification processing plant. 

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