German LNG Terminal completes EPC contractor pre-qualification process

German LNG Terminal GmbH, a joint venture behind a LNG terminal project in Brunsbuettel, Northern Germany, has completed the EPC contractor pre-qualification process according to aGerman LNG Terminal GmbHstatement. Four internationally operating EPC contractors have been shortlisted to continue the competitive tender process.

The shortlisted companies are (in alphabetic order):

* Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios S.A. - Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas S.A.

* Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd. - Korea Gas Corporation

* Sacyr Fluor S.A. - Entrepose Contracting S.A.S. / VINCI Construction Grands Projets S.A.S. - Sacyr Somague S.A.

* Tecnicas Reunidas S.A. - Heitkamp HIKB GmbH

The EPC tender closing is on 5th December 2019, with subsequent EPC contract award planned before the end of April 2020.

The EPC scope contains a jetty with two berths for LNG carriers ranging from 1,000 up to 265,000 cbm, both with LNG unloading and loading capabilities, LNG storage tanks, LNG vaporization and distribution facilities for a total capacity up to 8 bcm per annum.

The German LNG Terminal GmbH is a joint venture of the Dutch companies Gasunie LNG Holding B.V. and Vopak LNG Holding B.V. as well as Oiltanking GmbH, a subsidiary of the Marquard & Bahls AG, Hamburg.