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Summary Information
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=== Summary Information ===
  
Ownership: La Société du Terminal Méthanier de Fos-Cavaou (GDF)
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* Ownership: La Société du Terminal Méthanier de Fos-Cavaou (GDF)
 
Website: http://www.cavaou-gnl.com/
 
Website: http://www.cavaou-gnl.com/
 
Location: Fos Cavaou, France
 
Location: Fos Cavaou, France
 
Capacity: 8.25 billion m3 per year
 
Capacity: 8.25 billion m3 per year
 
Status: In Operation
 
Status: In Operation
Technical Details
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=== Technical Details ===
  
 
Storage capacity: 3 * 110,000 m3 storage tanks
 
Storage capacity: 3 * 110,000 m3 storage tanks
 
Unloading capacity: Can accomodate the latest generations of very large liquefied natural gas tankers, Q-flex (around 217,000 m3) and Q-max (over 260,000 m3)
 
Unloading capacity: Can accomodate the latest generations of very large liquefied natural gas tankers, Q-flex (around 217,000 m3) and Q-max (over 260,000 m3)
 
Send out capacity: Vaporizers: 4 ORVs of 343 t/h each
 
Send out capacity: Vaporizers: 4 ORVs of 343 t/h each
Constructor:
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=== Constructor: ===
 
Sofregaz: EPC LSTK Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning
 
Sofregaz: EPC LSTK Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning
 
Freyssinet: Pre-stressing for LNG tanks
 
Freyssinet: Pre-stressing for LNG tanks
 
Tractebel: Feasibility study for expansion and new tank installation
 
Tractebel: Feasibility study for expansion and new tank installation
Ongoing Projects/Project Status
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=== Ongoing Projects/Project Status ===
  
Suppliers / Customers
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=== Suppliers / Customers ===
  
 
Suppliers:
 
Suppliers:
 
Customers:
 
Customers:
History
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=== History ===
  
2004 - Total acquires the rights to 2.25 billion cubic meters of capacity and on option on a stake in the terminal
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* 2004 - Total acquires the rights to 2.25 billion cubic meters of capacity and on option on a stake in the terminal
2004 - Saipem / Sofregaz awarded EPC contract
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* 2004 - Saipem / Sofregaz awarded EPC contract
2009 - Terminal construction is completed
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* 2009 - Terminal construction is completed
2010 - First commercial cargo received
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* 2010 - First commercial cargo received
Other Information
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=== Other Information ===
  
 
=== Links ===
 
=== Links ===

Revision as of 10:28, 21 August 2020

Summary Information

  • Ownership: La Société du Terminal Méthanier de Fos-Cavaou (GDF)

Website: http://www.cavaou-gnl.com/ Location: Fos Cavaou, France Capacity: 8.25 billion m3 per year Status: In Operation

Technical Details

Storage capacity: 3 * 110,000 m3 storage tanks Unloading capacity: Can accomodate the latest generations of very large liquefied natural gas tankers, Q-flex (around 217,000 m3) and Q-max (over 260,000 m3) Send out capacity: Vaporizers: 4 ORVs of 343 t/h each

Constructor:

Sofregaz: EPC LSTK Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning Freyssinet: Pre-stressing for LNG tanks Tractebel: Feasibility study for expansion and new tank installation

Ongoing Projects/Project Status

Suppliers / Customers

Suppliers: Customers:

History

  • 2004 - Total acquires the rights to 2.25 billion cubic meters of capacity and on option on a stake in the terminal
  • 2004 - Saipem / Sofregaz awarded EPC contract
  • 2009 - Terminal construction is completed
  • 2010 - First commercial cargo received

Other Information

Links

  1. Freyssinet LNG Tank References
  2. Tractebel Engineering LNG References
  3. Saipem LNG References
  4. Fos Cavaou LNG terminal begins commercial operation
  5. Lng Receiving Terminal Fos Cavaou
  6. France: Total Separates Its Cross-Shareholdings with Gaz de France in GSO and CFM and Confirms its Access to Capacity as well as Acquisition of an Interest in the Fos Cavaou LNG Terminal
  7. Awarded to Saipem the contract for the Fos Cavaou LNG receiving terminal in France