LNG

March 8 (LNGJ) - NextDecade Corp., the US developer of the Rio Grande LNG export project near the Brownsville Ship Channel in South Texas with 27 million tonnes per annum of planned output, has chosen Swiss-Swedish company ABB to provide automation and electrical systems. “NextDecade expects ABB's solutions to reduce the schedule, equipment footprint and cost of our Rio Grande LNG facility, while providing greater operational flexibility,” said Matt Schatzman, the NextDecade President and Chief Executive. The start-up of the first two processing Trains has been scheduled for around 2021-2022.