CB&I and its client AG&P Industrial have completed and commissioned two 60,000m³ full-containment LNG storage tanks at the LNGPH Ilijan LNG Facility in the Philippines, marking a major milestone for the country’s LNG infrastructure and the global industry.

The project is the Philippines’ first large-scale onshore LNG storage facility and features CB&I’s all-steel full-containment technology.

The design uses 9 per cent nickel steel for both inner and outer tanks, replacing the reinforced-concrete outer walls commonly used in conventional systems while meeting industry safety and technical standards.

Tank 1 became the world’s first in-service full-containment all-steel LNG tank.

Tank 2 is now operational following successful performance testing, demonstrating the technology’s potential to reduce costs and construction times while maintaining full-containment safety benefits.

CB&I completed the project with zero lost-time incidents across more than one million work hours.

“The successful commissioning of both tanks at Ilijan is a landmark achievement for all involved,” said Jack Aughenbaugh, Vice President, Operations – International at CB&I. “This project demonstrates that all-steel full containment LNG storage is not only technically feasible but commercially advantageous, delivering safety and operational benefits of full containment storage while improving project economics and schedule certainty. We are proud to have partnered with AG&P Industrial, in support of LNGPH, to establish a new benchmark for LNG infrastructure projects in the region and beyond.”

“CB&I has been an excellent partner to AG&P Industrial in delivering the first and largest world-class LNG import terminal in the Philippines on time, in a safe, reliable, and cost-effective manner,” said Alexander Leo Gamboa, President & CEO of AG&P Industrial. “We will surely work with CB&I again for our future projects.” -OGN/TradeArabia News Service