Chart Ferox will develop LNG reloading station in Lithuania

Chart Industries, Inc. announced that its wholly owned Czech subsidiary Chart Ferox and EPC consortium

partner, PPS Pipeline Systems Germany, have been selected to provide an LNG reloading station for AB

Klaipėdos nafta at the Port of Klaipeda, Lithuania. The consortium will deliver a total project scope

including equipment engineering, production, installation, and commissioning, together with

construction of the associated infrastructure, for €27.7 million.

The contract between AB Klaipėdos nafta and the consortium will enter into full force after approval of

conclusion of the EPC contract by the general meeting of shareholders of AB Klaipėdos nafta. Chart’s

proven LNG technology combines the highest quality and safety standards with total operational

reliability, while PPS is a leader in construction and other civil related activities in the natural gas sector.

Chart’s scope of supply is nearly 50% of total award value.

Five Chart cryogenic storage tanks, each measuring over 50 meters in length and with an external

diameter of almost 6 meters, will provide 5,000 cubic meters of LNG storage at the station, which will be

equipped with two loading areas for LNG trucks and jetty modules for ship bunkering. The LNG

regasification facility will have the capacity to provide 6000 Nm3/hour of natural gas. The LNG reloading

station will be operational within 15 months with full scope delivery anticipated during the 2nd half of

2017. The overall plant design will also incorporate a potential future expansion, capable of doubling the

storage capacity.

“We are delighted with this prestigious award and excited to be working with our new partner, PPS

Pipeline Systems. Both companies are experts in their respective fields with the experience and pedigree

to deliver the project within an extremely aggressive timescale,” said Miroslav Cerny, Business Director

of Chart Ferox. The main project aim is to develop Klaipeda as a Baltic hub and mobile pipeline to fuel

ships and deliver LNG by truck to reduce the traditional dependence on imported pipeline gas.

NGS INDIA