Freeport LNG Train 2 ships first commissioning cargo

Freeport LNG has shipped the first commissioning cargo on Train 2 of its liquefaction plant on Quintana Island, Freeport, Tex. McDermott International Inc., along with partners Chiyoda International Corp. and Zachry Group, reported production of LNG from Train 2 on Dec. 6 (OGJ Online, Dec. 6, 2019). First cargo is a precursor to substantial completion of Train 2. 

The project includes three pretreatment trains, a liquefaction plant with three trains, a second loading berth, and a 165,000-cu m full-containment LNG storage tank.

Zachry Group, as the joint-venture lead, engaged McDermott for the pre-front-end engineering and design in 2011, followed by FEED. Chiyoda joined the partnership later and the joint team provided engineering, procurement, and construction, as well as commissioning and initial operations for the project.

Freeport LNG anticipates adding a fourth train by 2021, bringing total plant capacity to more than 20 million tpy.

Freeport LNG Trains 2 and 3 remain on schedule with Train 3 initial production of LNG scheduled for first-quarter 2020.