Singapore LNG Corporation's (SLNG) project to build the country's first LNG terminal on Jurong Island is said to be close to completion.
In its latest update on the construction project, SLNG said that the terminal facility was 95 percent completed and that there had been good progress on LNG Tanks 1 & 2, where hydrotesting had been carried out and the temporary wall openings closed.
Installation of the perlite insulation between the inner and outer wall of Tank 1 has started. On Tank 3, erection of the inner nickel steel tank wall is 50 percent completed.
Progress is also said to have been made on the sea water intake; the major civil works have been completed, equipment installed and the sheet piles removed to allow erection of the sea water filters.
Piping works are expected to be completed by the end of October and equipment installation is reaching completion. Electrical/ instrumentation cable pulling and termination works are said to be well underway.
According to SLNG, progress on the Secondary Berth have reached 33 percent, with piling for the tertiary jetty completed. The main quay wall and its tie-back system have been installed and dredging of the secondary berth area is underway.
EPC contractor
Samsung C&T has increased the site workforce to approximately 2,800 staff. To date, more than 9 million hours have been worked on the LNG Terminal project without any lost time injury, SLNG said.
About the Secondary Berth Project
The Secondary Berth Project, covering approximately 10 hectares of reclaimed land adjacent to the LNG Terminal site, forms part of the S$1.7 billion overall Singapore LNG Terminal project cost and comprises:
(1) a secondary jetty designed to berth LNG ships with a cargo capacity ranging from 60,000 to 265,000 cubic metres (m3), and
(2) a tertiary jetty marine sub-structure designed for the future berthing of smaller LNG ships and barges with cargo capacity ranging from 10,000 to 40,000 m3.
These two new jetties are in addition to the primary jetty (cargo capacity of 120,000 to 265,000 m3), which is being constructed by Samsung C&T Corporation (Samsung) as part of the LNG Terminal EPC contract.
The secondary jetty has space provision for the future installation of loading arms and associated piping for the unloading of refrigerated Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) ships with cargo capacity range of 60,000 to 80,000 m3. This will facilitate the future import of LPG (a substitute of naptha) as a feedstock for Singapore’s four ethylene crackers, when the market requires it.
The secondary jetty will allow for the development of an LNG break bulk business, i.e the unloading of LNG from larger ships for later reloading onto smaller ships able to access markets where port facilities cannot handle larger LNG ships; and also allows for the reloading of smaller LNG vessels to facilitate prospective future regional LNG redistribution, and potentially future LNG bunkering opportunities. According to SLNG, these are options that, if not allowed for now, would be extremely difficult to retrofit in the future.
Image: Third LNG tank at SLNG's terminal on Jurong Island.
