CB&I is building a 165,000-cbm full-containment concrete LNG storage tank and associated piping under an EPC contract worth up to $250 million, awarded in 2024.
Marsa LNG, in which TotalEnergies has an 80 percent share while Oman’s OQ has 20 percent, announced in a social media post that the air raising of the tank roof took place on February 16.
“This technical feat involved safely lifting 631 tons of steel to a height of approximately 40 meters, where it was precisely positioned atop the tank wall,” it said.
This achievement marks a “significant leap” forward for the project as it transitions into the next construction phase, Marsa LNG said.
In April 2024, TotalEnergies took a final investment decision on the $1.6 billion Marsa LNG bunkering project.
Technip Energies won the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract worth up to $1.06 billion.
The one mtpa liquefaction plant is located in the port of Sohar, and TotalEenrgies expects LNG production to start by the first quarter of 2028.
Moreover, the project will have one chartered LNG bunkering vessel.
This vessel, named Monte Shams in reference to the Jabal Shams or the “Mountain of the Sun” in north-eastern Oman, will work in Sohar from 2028, where it will supply LNG to a wide range of vessels (containerships, tankers, large cruise ships), TotalEnergies previously said.
