Dunkirk LNG Terminal

France

We built the largest LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) terminal in France, the second largest in Europe.

  • 1,500

    employees at peak of work

  • 3

    storage tanks (190,000 m3 each)

  • 64

    months of works

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LNG Terminal, Dunkirk

The terminal has an annual regasification capacity of 13 billion m3, equivalent to 20% of the combined annual consumption of France and Belgium.

Key data

  • March 2011

    Start date

  • 490,000

    engineering hours

  • 2,970

    tons of piping

  • September 2016

    End date

  • March 2011

    Start date

  • 490,000

    engineering hours

  • 2,970

    tons of piping

  • September 2016

    End date

Customer EDF - Électricité de France
Scope of Contract EPC
Segment Oil & Gas

Leveraging the extensive experience gained around the world as a turnkey EPC contractor, Techint E&C was involved in all the phases of the plant's construction, from project management to engineering, procurement, construction management and site supervision.

The structures are among the largest in Europe: LNG tanks with a capacity of 190,000 m3, a 5-km pipeline transporting hot water from Gravelines to the terminal, and a jetty capable of housing the giant Q-Max methane storage tanks with a capacity of 266,000 m3 (currently the largest in the world). 

Project planning was organized along the same lines as the approach successfully employed for the GATE terminal in Rotterdam, also executed in partnership with the Spanish company Sener.

 

Location

The facilities lie in a strategic location for Europe, in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France, just 10 km from the Belgian frontier.

  • Dunkirk

    City

  • 51.03361

    Latitude

  • 2.19653

    Longitude

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