Rio Grande LNG to use Air Products liquefaction

Aug. 2, 2023
NextDecade Corp. contractor Bechtel Energy Inc. signed Air Products Inc. to provide liquefaction technology and equipment for the Rio Grande LNG Phase 1 project in the Port of Brownsville, Tex.

NextDecade Corp. contractor Bechtel Energy Inc. signed Air Products Inc. to provide liquefaction technology and equipment for the Rio Grande LNG Phase 1 project in the Port of Brownsville, Tex.

The project’s first phase will include three natural gas liquefaction trains with a production capability of about 17.6 million tonnes/year (tpy) of LNG.

Air Products will provide coil-would heat exchangers (CWHEs) and process technology. The CWHEs will be built at the service provider’s plant in Port Manatee, Fla.

NextDecade made a positive final investment decision (FID) on Phase 1 of its 27-million tpy Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) plant in July (OGJ Online, July 13, 2023).

In conjunction with FID, RGLNG issued the notice to proceed with Phase 1 construction to Bechtel Energy under its lump-sum turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction contract (EPC).