McDermott International and its partners Chiyoda International and Zachry have announced the start of commercial operations of the third liquefaction train at the Freeport LNG facility in Texas, US.
The liquefaction project is located on Texas Quintana Island, Freeport, Texas.
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In March this year, McDermott and partners announced that Train 3 of the Freeport project had reached the final commissioning stage.
McDermott International North, Central and South America senior vice-president Mark Coscio said: “Congratulations to the entire team for upholding the high safety and quality standards for which we’re known.
“We have previously achieved substantial completion of Trains 1 and 2, and Train 3 now brings our joint venture project to full commercial operation.”
In 2011, the joint venture (JV) lead Zachry engaged McDermott for the pre-FEED, followed by front-end engineering and design (FEED) works to support the project’s early development stage.
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By GlobalDataChiyoda later joined the partnership for work related to Train 3.
The liquefaction project comprises three pre-treatment trains, a liquefaction facility with three trains, and a second loading berth. A 165,000m³ full containment LNG storage tank is also part of the project.
With the largest electric motor-driven refrigeration compressors, the Freeport LNG facility will significantly improve the energy export capabilities in North America.
In January this year, the JV team announced the start of commercial operations at the second liquefaction train at the Freeport LNG facility.
Train 2 at Freeport LNG produced first gas in December 2019.
The first train of the Freeport LNG Liquefaction project reached the final commissioning stage in July last year.
Last September, Freeport LNG Development raised more than $1bn to add a fourth production unit to its export terminal on Quintana Island after selecting KBR as the preferred bidder for the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract for Train 4 in last May.
