KBR Wins Pre-FEED Contract for Mexican LNG Project

Mexico Pacific Limited (MPL) has awarded a pre-front end engineering design (FEED) contract to KBR for a mid-scale natural gas liquefaction project at Puerto Libertad on Mexico’s Pacific coast, KBR said February 28.

Under the deal, Houston-based KBR will provide a pre-FEED and cost estimate for the project using ConocoPhillips’ optimised cascade liquefaction technology.

Puerto Libertad is fully controlled by MPL and was previously permitted for up to 12mn mt/yr of LNG regasification, according to details on MPL’s website. It is served by an existing in-service IEnova gas pipeline and has sufficient excess capacity to support construction of a liquefaction facility in the range of 2mn mt/yr to 4mn mt/yr. Existing infrastructure would allow the terminal to access gas supply from the Permian basin and south Texas regions as well as from Mexico.

FEED is expected to start in mid-2019.