Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of the US energy company Sempra, has signed a final engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Bechtel Energy for the proposed 13.5 Mt/year Phase 1 liquefaction project at the Port Arthur LNG terminal, currently under development in Jefferson County, in the US state of Texas. The amended contract includes an updated price of approximately US$10.5bn.
Under the EPC contract, Bechtel will perform the detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, performance testing and operator training activities for Phase 1 of the project. The Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project will include two gas liquefaction trains and LNG storage tanks, and associated facilities capable of producing up to 13.5 Mt/year of LNG. A similarly sized Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 project is also under active marketing and development.
Earlier in 2022, Sempra Infrastructure signed a series of non-binding agreements, notably with ConocoPhillips (to acquire a 30% equity interest and offtake 5 Mt/year from the facility.), RWE (for the purchase of 2.25 Mt/year of LNG) and PGNiG (for the purchase of 3 Mt/year of LNG).