Shanghai-based Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd., a subsidiary of the Wison Group, announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Black & Veatch to jointly pursue barge-based natural gas liquefaction facility projects on an exclusive basis.
Under the agreement, Wison will hold responsibility for barge design and engineering, and overall project management, construction, delivery and financing of the integrated facility. Black & Veatch will provide the basic and detailed LNG plant designs, supply certain LNG equipment and components as well as provide commissioning services and process guarantees. The solution deploys Black & Veatch’s patented PRICO® liquefaction technology.
The agreement formalizes a relationship between the two parties developed through their collaboration on the delivery of the first floating LNG liquefaction, storage and regasification facility. Announced in June 2012, this unit is under construction at Wison’s fabrication facility in Nantong, China. The companies also signed an agreement earlier this year for plans to develop similar units for clients in other markets.
“We are finding that the relationship we established with Black & Veatch on the first floating LNG project has proven to be extremely synergistic,” said L. Dwayne Breaux, Executive Vice President for Wison Offshore & Marine, Ltd. “Formalizing this relationship paves the way for us to continue jointly developing these systems and capitalizing on the experience we have collectively gained from working on these ground-breaking projects.”
“The industry is awash with news about potential floating LNG facilities while we’re actively building the world’s first,” adds Robert Germinder, Vice President of Black & Veatch’s Oil & Gas business. “Demand for cleaner, alternative fuel sources is not slowing. With the right technology and approach, production of LNG at sea can become a commercial reality.”
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About Wison Offshore & Marine
Wison Offshore & Marine is the upstream oil and gas division of the Wison Group. The company’s services cover the full life cycle of project delivery, from facility design and engineering, to project management, construction, commissioning and operations. This expertise can be applied to all types of oil and gas developments including offshore LNG applications and facilities, fixed platforms and modules, marine and offshore support vessels, mooring systems, offshore lifting equipment, and complete floating production and drilling systems such as TLPs, Spars, Semisubmersibles, and floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. Wison Offshore & Marine is capable of executing engineering and design activities out of its headquarters in Shanghai, China, as well as Houston, Texas, USA, and perform fabrication of facilities from its two world-class yards in Nantong and Zhoushan, China.
For more info about Wison Offshore & Marine, please visit www.wison.com.
For inquiries, please contact:
Cynthia Bowen
Wison Offshore & Marine (USA), Inc.
Tel: (281) 676-2668
Email: Cynthia.Bowen@wison-offshore.com
Yolanda Liu
Wison Group Holding Limited
Tel: (86-21) 2030 6967
Email: liucenyi@wison.com
Patrick MacElroy
Black & Veatch
Tel: +1 212-973 1339 Ext. 18
Email: MacElroyP@bv.com
Keith Morrison
Black & Veatch
Tel: +65 6761-3510
Email: MorrisonKW@bv.com
About Black & Veatch
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