GNL Quintero S.A. awarded CB&I with a lump-sum contract for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at Quintero Bay, Chile.

CB&I’s work scope includes two 160,000 cubic meter full containment LNG tanks with a 353 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) send out capacity and complete ship unloading facilities. CB&I’s scope also includes the marine works which comprise a 1.7 kilometer long jetty extending into Quintero Bay. Two open rack vaporizers utilizing seawater are employed in the primary regasification system with a submerged combustion vaporizer serving as back-up. The LNG tanks are constructed on a seismic isolation system due to the high earthquake loads in the area. A 10,000 cubic meter LNG storage tank was installed to allow continuous production during the  Early Gas Phase.

Prior to the award of the EPC contract CB&I performed front end engineering and design (FEED) and pre-FEED work on the project. CB&I is performing all aspects of the engineering and procurement scope of work with in-house resources with the exception of the jetty.

Site manpower was approximately 4,300 at peak, with more than 10.3 million work-hours of craft labor expended. 96% of the project labor was Chilean. CB&I worked more than 7 million hours without a lost time incident.

GNL Quintero S.A. is a joint venture between Endesa Chile, ENAP, Metrogas Chile and BG Group plc.