Construction to start for Teekay’s first LNG terminal in Bahrain

Bahrain LNG (BLNG), a joint venture of Teekay LNG Partners with National Oil & Gas Authority (NOGA) of Bahrain, Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC) and Samsung Construction and Trading (SCT), has been contracted to deliver a LNG import terminal in Bahrain to NOGA, with a Commercial Start Date in 2019 for 20 years.

The terminal layout comprises of an offshore dual jetty and regasification module, which is protected by a 600m long breakwater, a subsea pipeline to shore and onshore infrastructure, to allow the gas to be delivered to the onshore delivery point, Teekay informed. Teekay LNG Partners will provide the ‘Bahrain Spirit’ Floating Storage Unit (FSU) into the project, which is under construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea.

The Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contract was awarded to GS Engineering and Construction (GSEC) in December 2015, who has been focused on the Engineering phase of the project. Engineering is now over 90% complete.  Earlier this year, construction work started on site in Bahrain and work activities have been steadily increasing.

Around 600,000 tonnes of rock have been placed into the water already as part of the breakwater construction, over 40,000m3 of material dredged for the access channel, 53 piles have been driven into the seabed and over 1,800m3 of concrete has been poured onshore.

When fabrication has been completed, both the jacket and regasification module will be transported by a heavy lift ship to Bahrain and installed at the offshore site.

Concluding, the company informed that, in June 2017, the EPC Contractor reached 1 million man-hours LTI (Loss-Time Injury) free, which is a major achievement for the project.