Construction is underway on the first phase of Sempra Infrastructure’s $13-billion Port Arthur LNG export terminal in Texas near the Gulf of Mexico, following the energy firm’s award to Bechtel Energy of an EPC contract to manage the two-train project.
The company asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to allow the contractor to expand work schedules to 24-hour shifts to improve workflows and streamline schedules. The terminal, with ConocoPhilllips also as a partner, will have a nameplate capacity of 13 million tons per year and includes two gas storage tanks. The first liquefaction train should be completed in 2027 with the second finished in 2028.