CB&I, Chiyoda and Zachry score Freeport third train contract

A joint venture between CB&I, Chiyoda and Zachry Industrial has been awarded a contract by Freeport LNG for the engineering, procurement and construction of the third train of the liquefaction and export facility on Quintana Island in Texas.

The contract is valued in excess of $2 billion.

The scope of work also includes a double-walled, full-containment 165,000 (gross) cubic meter liquefied natural gas storage tank, which will be supplied by CB&I, the company said in a statement.

Upon completion, the three-train LNG liquefaction facility will have a total capacity in excess of 13.9 million tons per year of LNG.

CB&I and Zachry began construction on trains one and two in November 2014, supported by Chiyoda.

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