Baker Hughes mentioned it had obtained a “full discover to proceed” with a contract to produce main liquefaction tools for Commonwealth LNG, a venture of Kimmeridge Vitality Administration Co LLC and Mubadala Funding Co in Louisiana.
The go-ahead got here from Technip Energies NV, which gained the venture’s engineering, procurement and building contract earlier this yr.
Baker Hughes’ scope contains six refrigerant turbo compressors comprising LM9000 aeroderivative gasoline generators paired with centrifugal compressors.
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“The scope additionally contains commissioning companies, capital spares, prolonged guarantee and a full string check”, Baker Hughes added.
“This important capital funding within the Commonwealth LNG platform is a key milestone, together with the financing course of, which is effectively underway, and illustrates our degree of dedication to growing this global-scale LNG venture”, David Lawler, chief govt of Kimmeridge and Mubadala three way partnership Caturus HoldCo LLC, mentioned.
“The Commonwealth venture is a vital element of Caturus’ wellhead-to-water technique, and that is one other vital step towards constructing the nation’s main unbiased built-in pure gasoline firm”.
Baker Hughes mentioned, “The LM9000 is essentially the most environment friendly gasoline turbine in its energy class (70+ MW vary) with greater than 44 % effectivity in ISO circumstances. Its imply time between upkeep and a compact bundle design allow simplified upkeep, prolonged service intervals, excessive availability and quick set up and commissioning”.
Technip Energies mentioned individually the acquisition authorization it had obtained from Caturus “embrace orders with trade leaders equivalent to Baker Hughes, for six mixed-refrigerant compressors pushed by LM9000 gasoline generators; Honeywell, to produce six foremost cryogenic warmth exchangers; and Photo voltaic Generators, offering 4 Titan 350 gasoline turbine-generators”.
Caturus mentioned individually it expects to make a ultimate funding choice (FID) on Commonwealth LNG within the first quarter of 2026 and begin up the venture in 2030. Commonwealth LNG LLC had anticipated to succeed in a FID by yearend 2025 and start manufacturing 2029, in response to a press release it issued September 2.
“Commonwealth’s Part 1 improvement will generate an estimated $3.5 billion in annual export income”, Caturus added.
The venture in Cameron Parish is permitted to ship as much as 9.5 million metric tons a yr of liquefied pure gasoline, equal to round 1.21 billion cubic toes per day (Bcfd) of gasoline in response to Kimmeridge, to FTA and non-FTA nations on a non-additive foundation. The DOE granted the non-FTA portion of the allow August 29, 2025, whereas the FTA authorization was awarded April 2020.
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