Oil, Gas & Chemicals
editThe Oil Gas & Chemical unit designs and builds liquefied natural gas (LNG), oil, pipeline, petrochemicals, and natural gas facilities.[1][2][3] Since the company's founding, it has built approximately 50,000 miles of pipeline systems, more than 50 major oil and gas field developments, and completed over 380 major chemical and petrochemical projects.[4] The unit also constructs and tests tanks for LNG storage.[5] Bechtel is overseeing a third of the world’s LNG liquefaction capacity under construction.[6]
Since 2011 the unit has been building three LNG plants on Curtis Island in Queensland, Australia.[7] It completed the first of six trains in January 2016,[8] and the project was named a 2016 Global Best Projects by Engineering News-Record in the category of "Power/Industrial".[9] The unit is also constructing the Wheatstone project, a two-train LNG plant that is one of Australia's largest energy resource efforts.[10][11]
Bechtel is responsible for the engineering, procurement and construction of five LNG trains for the Sabine Pass Liquefaction project in Louisiana.[12] The initial cargo from the first completed train was delivered in 2016.[13] As of 2016 the unit has completed approximately 36% of an LNG project in Corpus Christi, Texas, which includes three LNG trains, three LNG storage tanks, and two berths.[14][15]
In May 2013, the unit was awarded a contract for the front-end engineering design of the Pacific NorthWest LNG in Vancouver, BC.[16] In March 2014, the unit was awarded a contract to construct facilities in Georgia for the Shah Deniz II gas field in Azerbaijan.[3] In August 2015, Bechtel was contracted by Delfin LNG, to provide front-end engineering and design for a planned floating LNG vessel at Port Delfin off the coastline of Louisiana, which would be the first in the U.S.[17] Also in 2015, the unit was awarded a contract to manage the engineering, procurement, and construction of 12 new natural-gas pipelines in Thailand.[18]
In June 2013, Bechtel was named the project manager of a megapetrochemical complex in Qatar at the Ras Laffan Industrial City.[19] The company was part of a consortium selected by PTT GC America in 2015 to provide front-end engineering and design for a new petrochemical complex in Belmont County, Ohio.[20] It is also the lead contractor for a Shell petrochemical plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.[21]
Bechtel's technology was licensed for facility upgrades at the Rijeka Refinery in Croatia in February 2014.[22] In 2016, the unit was contracted by the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation to design an upgrade to the coker unit at the Assiut refinery in Egypt using its ThruPlus technology.[23] Also in 2016, it was awarded a contract to upgrade a refinery in Beaumont, Texas for ExxonMobil, using ExxonMobil's proprietary SCANfining technology.[24]
- ^ "Annual Report". Bechtel. 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ "World's 10 largest oil and gas contractors". Arabian Oil and Gas. June 29, 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ a b Margarita Antidze (March 19, 2014). "BP-led consortium awards $841 million contracts for Shah Deniz project". Reuters. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "Annual Report". Bechtel. 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ "Workers take a raft around LNG tank filled with water". Central Queensland News. April 11, 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Blair Price (7 May 2015). "More contracts ahead: Bechtel". Energy News Bulletin. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ Validakis, Vicky (June 3, 2013). "Bechtel hiring 500 workers for Curtis Island LNG". Australian Mining. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ Matt Chambers (30 July 2016). "APLNG on track but analysts warn on oil price". The Australian. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Scott Blair (6 July 2016). "ENR Announces 2016 Global Best Projects Winners". Engineering News-Record. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Reddall, Braden (July 30, 2009). "Bechtel to design Australia's Wheatstone 1st phase". Reuters. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ Almeida, Rob (December 24, 2013). "Dockwise Awarded Largest Contract Ever by Bechtel". gCaptain.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Cheniere, Bechtel Sign Sabine Pass Contract (USA)". LNG World News. December 21, 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ David Rowlands (26 February 2016). "First LNG commissioning cargo exported from Sabine Pass". LNG Industry. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Mason, Everdeen (December 9, 2013). "Cheniere Energy, Bechtel Agree to Two Contracts Worth $9.5 Billion". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ Callum O'Reilly (26 July 2016). "Corpus Christi Liquefaction June 2016 construction report". LNG Industry. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Shaun Thomas (May 21, 2013). "Pacific NorthWest LNG awards design and engineering contract". Northern View. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- ^ "Bechtel, Delfin sign FEED contract". Offshore Engineer. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Pam Russell (8 September 2015). "Bechtel Gets Contract for 12 Natural-Gas Pipelines in Thailand". Engineering News-Record. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ Alperowicz, Natasha (June 4, 2013). "Bechtel appointed PMC on Qatar petrochemical project". IHS Chemical Week. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ Jamison Cocklin (9 September 2015). "Consortium With Global Footprint to Lead Ohio Cracker Engineering". Natural Gas Intel. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ David Conti (23 July 2016). "Union leaders expect membership boost with Shell's Beaver County plant". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Stephan, Dominik (March 25, 2014). "Bechtel Supplies Coker Technology for Croatian Refinery". Process Worldwide. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ Robert Brelsford (20 May 2016). "Egyptian refiner lets contract for revamp project". Oil & Gas Journal. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ "BRIEF-Bechtel to upgrade Texas refinery for ExxonMobil". Reuters. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.