Fos Cavaou LNG Terminal
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
- Freyssinet LNG Tank References
- Tractebel Engineering LNG References
- Saipem LNG References
- Fos Cavaou LNG terminal begins commercial operation
- Lng Receiving Terminal Fos Cavaou
- 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
- Awarded to Saipem the contract for the Fos Cavaou LNG receiving terminal in France