Baker Hughes to provide electric driven liquefaction tech for Cedar LNG

Baker Hughes has been awarded an order from Black & Veatch to supply Cedar LNG in Canada with electric-driven liquefaction technologies, the company said on April 5. 

As part of the agreement, Baker Hughes will deliver a suite of turbomachinery equipment tailored for the Cedar LNG project. This includes four electric-driven main refrigeration compressors, two electric-driven boil-off gas compressors, and six centrifugal pumps. 

"Black & Veatch is committed to helping our clients and the communities they serve make meaningful progress on their decarbonisation journey," remarked Laszlo von Lazar, president of Black & Veatch’s Energy & Process Industries business. "The Cedar LNG project represents an important step toward reducing carbon emissions through lower-carbon LNG facilities that can supply customers looking to move away from more carbon-intensive feedstocks."

"This award is the latest important milestone for Baker Hughes in the LNG market, demonstrating the strength of our portfolio and our commitment to collaborating with industry partners while providing efficient and lower carbon solutions for the natural gas market," Ganesh Ramaswamy, executive vice president of Industrial & Energy Technology at Baker Hughes, said. 

Ramaswamy further highlighted the role of electrification in the energy transition, emphasising its importance in reducing carbon emissions from natural gas.

Pembina Pipeline and Haisla Nation said April 4 that they had secured long-term commercial offtake support for their 3.3mn tonnes/year Cedar LNG project near Kitimat, BC, and had issued a limited notice to proceed (NTP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Black & Veatch, the project’s EPC contractors.