This new plant will be located at Balhaf on the southern coast of Yemen, approximately 140km west of the port city of Al Mukalla and 380km east of Aden.
It will consist of two LNG trains using the APCI C3/MCR process and will be capable of delivering a total of 6.7 million tons per annum of LNG. The target for Train 1 start-up is the end of 2008, with Train 2 coming on line approximately five months later.
Under the leadership of Technip, the joint venture team will undertake execution of the contract which includes engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up of the plant.