Regional LNG: Foster Wheeler to debottleneck Malaysia's MLNG Dua

International engineering firm Foster Wheeler Ltd. announced Tuesday today that it had been awarded a contract by Malaysia LNG Dua Sdn Bhd (MLNG Dua)to execute FEED and EPC phases to debottleneck production capacity at the existing MLNG Dua LNG facility at Bintulu, East Malaysia.

The MLNG Dua plant facility is part of Malaysia's PETRONAS LNG Complex located in Bintulu, Sarawak. The LNG Complex comprises MLNG Satu, MLNG Dua and MLNG Tigaplants.

The MLNG Satu and MLNG Dua plant facilities, each comprising three independent process trains, are capable of delivering 7.6 and 7.8 million metric tons per annum (mtpa) of LNG, respectively. The expansion of the complex in 2003 with MLNG Tiga added two more trains, bringing the total capacity to about 23 million mtpa.

Foster Wheeler will lead the debottlenecking of the MLNG Dua facility, which will increase LNG production capacity by 1.3 million mtpa from 7.8 million mtpa. Work on each train will be timed to coincide with planned shutdown periods. The project is scheduled for overall completion in October 2009.(alex)