Project description

• Capacity                       13 BCM/y  (10 MTPA)
• LNG storage                3 x 190,000 m³ (full containment)
• Unloading capacity   12,000 m³/h
• Send-out capacity    1.9 million m³(n)/h
• LNG carrier size         75,000 to 267,000 m³
• Vaporizers                   Open Rack Vaporizers supplied with water taken from the cooling water of the nearby Gravelines nuclear power plant and transported to the terminal BY a 5 km underground tunnel

Scope of work

• In June 2011, DUNKERQUE LNG (ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE 65% – FLUXYS 25% – TOTAL 10%) awarded three EPC contracts for the construction of the LNG terminal: tanks, re-gasification plant and tunnel.
• DUNKERQUE LNG set up, through COFIVA, an integrated Project Management Team
• SOFREGAZ engineers have been, within this team, in charge of the review and follow-up of engineering activities developed by the EPC contractors, from basic engineering to commissioning in the following disciplines:
  • Management of engineering supervision of tanks and tunnel
  • Process
  • Mechanical
  • Tanks (mechanical)
  • Safety design
  • Electricity
  • Control & Instrumentation

The first LNG for cooling down the terminal was unloaded in July 2016.