Bechtel to Construct 12 Gas Pipelines in Thailand

Bechtel earlier this month said it has been selected by Gulf MP Company Ltd of Thailand to manage construction of pipelines that will feed gas into a network of planned new power generation facilities.

Bechtel will manage engineering, procurement and construction for 12 new gas pipelines with receiving stations.

“Our teams will work with Gulf MP Company to deliver pipelines needed to increase energy reliability in the country, building on Bechtel’s extensive global expertise,” said Jack Futcher, president of Bechtel’s Oil, Gas and Chemicals business unit in Houston. 

The contract was awarded as part of Thailand’s ‘Small Power Producer’ program in an effort to diversify the country’s energy mix and to support industrial energy needs, Bechtel said. The 12 new combined-cycle plants will each provide 120-130 MW of electric power to industrial users and to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand. They will also provide steam to local industrial users. The pipelines will vary in size between eight and 16 inches and in length between one and 11 kilometres.