LNG

Jan 22 (LNGJ) - Algerian state energy company Sonatrach, a main supplier to southern European LNG imports in France, Spain and Turkey, said it awarded a contract to China Harbor Engineering Co. to study, supply and build an additional marine jetty and port infrastructure at its Skikda LNG export plant on the Mediterranean coast. The Algerians said the contract was valued at 53 billion Algerian dinars ($445 million). The new jetty will allow classes of LNG carriers to dock and lift cargoes. “The project will be commissioned within 28 months after the engineering, procurement, construction contract enters force,” said Sonatrach.