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Boskalis Bags El Salvador FSRU Gig
Dutch dredging, offshore and heavylift company Royal Boskalis
Westminster N.V. has been awarded a major contract to connect an
offshore Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) to an
onshore power plant in El Salvador.
The contract was awarded by Energia del Pacifico (EDP), a 378-MW
liquefied natural gas (LNG)-to-power infrastructure project at
the Port of Acajutla, El Salvador. The project will commence
early 2020 and is scheduled to be operational by the end of 2021.
The project entails the construction of a two-kilometer-long gas
pipeline connection from the onshore power plant to an offshore
FSRU including the mooring and hook-up. This will include the
construction of a micro tunnel from the power plant into the sea
followed by the dredging of an offshore pipeline trench.
With the aid of a construction support vessel (CSV) Boskalis will
pull the 24 inch pipeline through the micro tunnel and trench. At
the offshore location, a riser will be installed to connect the
FSRU to the pipeline, in addition to an anchor spread with 11
anchors to permanently moor the FSRU in position.
The final phase of the project involves the physical mooring of
the FSRU and the FSRU hook-up. For these activities Boskalis will
deploy a CSV, a medium-sized trailer suction hopper dredger and a
backhoe dredger.
With the development of this thermal powerplant, EDP will
contribute to the diversification of the energy mix of El
Salvador with an improved performance and reduced environmental
impact.
The lead project partner is Invenergy, a US-based leading global
developer and operator of sustainable energy solutions, as well
as several local investors.
Dec 25, 2019
