LNG

Oct 23 (LNGJ) - BP of the UK has awarded front-end engineering and design contracts for a two-sided run-off between two consortia for the $12 billion expansion of the Tangguh LNG plant in Indonesia where a third liquefaction Train will be built. One contract was given to a group of companies led by Japan's Chiyoda Corp. and Italy's Saipem, with Indonesia's PT Tripatra Engineers and Constructors. The other consortium involved includes KBR of the US, JGC Corp of Japan and local company PT Rekayasa Industri. The expansion will add 3.8 million tonnes per annum of liquefaction capacity to Tangguh, bringing it up to 11.4 MTPA. An agreement also commits 40 percent of annual production from Train 3 to the domestic Indonesian market.