Bergamo, May 10th 2009 - Sener Ingenieria y Sistemas SA and Techint Group, jointly EPC contractor of the the planned 9 billion cu m/year Gate liquefaction terminal at Rotterdam, have awarded a contract to OMB valves s.p.a. for the cryogenic valves supply.
Royal Vopak and NV Nederlandse Gasunie are the project operators of the terminal at Rotterdam while Sener and Techint will perform detailed engineering and oversee purchasing, construction, and start-up. Gate LNG initially will have a jetty for LNG ships having capacities as great as 267,000 cu m. A second jetty will be built at a later date.
Gate will have a greater capacity than the average European LNG plant, a Sener executive said.
Dong Energy, EconGas, and Essent, initial customers for long-term throughput agreements, will each take 3 billion cu m/year.
New shareholders in the terminal are Dong Energy, Essent, and OMV Gas International (as a major shareholder of EconGas), which will each acquire a 5% equity stake.
OMB will supply gate, globe and check forged steel valves for cryogenic service.