Technip Energies and Samsung Engineering form joint venture for Texas LNG project

Technip Energies and Samsung Engineering have been awarded a pre-Final Investment Decision (FID) engineering contract for a four million tonnes per annum liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Brownsville, Texas, the companies said on Thursday.

Through a joint venture with Samsung Engineering, Technip Energies has been appointed lead project contractor charged with project design and delivery, the companies said. The proposed LNG export facility site is strategically located on the Port of Brownsville’s deep-water ship channel in close proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, and owned by Glenfarne Group, LLC, with Samsung Engineering also holding a minority equity interest.

The project will utilise Technip Energies’ SnapLNG solution, which combines a compact modular design concept for mid-scale trains with standardised components and technology, the company said in a statement.

As contractors in the EPC phase, Samsung Engineering and Technip Energies will be responsible for all facets of the liquefaction facility’s delivery – including engineering, construction coordination, start-up, and commissioning, once Pre-FID Engineering has been completed.

“Receiving the Pre-FID Engineering contract from Glenfarne, after we have successfully completed Pre-FEED and FEED, is yet another major milestone for us with the Texas LNG project,” Cheonhong Park, Executive Vice President and Head of the Solution Business Division of Samsung Engineering, said in a statement. “Our team is excited to combine resources with our partners to be able to deliver excellence for the Texas LNG project and its customers in the future,” he said.

The SnapLNG solution has been developed in collaboration with Air Products, and brings benefits such as faster speed to market, greater certainty around both costs and schedule, and lower emissions, the companies said.