Yemen LNG
Building Yemens first LNG plant
Saudi
Arabia
Yemen
Yemen LNG
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It all started in the 1990s when Technip and its partners carried out the FEED studies for the project. In September 2005,
Yemgas signed the Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract with Yemen LNG Company Ltd for the LNG
plant:
Engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up of 2 liquefaction trains with a total capacity of 6.7
million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year.
Air Products C3/MR process, with the refrigerant compressors in Split MR configuration to maximise production from
the two GE Frame 7 gas turbine drivers.
2 full containment storage tanks of 140,000 m3 each.
An 800-m long jetty.
Overall construction supervision of the entire facilities / utilities.
Large-scale infrastructure requirements.
The team
Outstanding Security
HSE performance
The project recorded
periods of up to 15 million
hours without Lost Time
Injury (LTI).
A massive HSE training programme
was central to achieving this result.
The site HSE Departments mission
was to work on the process of
improving peoples behaviour as
the main way to improve overall
project HSE statistics. Various
training modules were provided
both in English and Arabic to
maintain constant safety
awareness:
Site HSE induction
Defensive driving
Confined space entry
Working at heights
Commissioning & start-up
safety
Yemen LNG
HEADQUARTERS
Technip
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Phone: +33 (0)1 47 78 24 00
LNG / GTL Product Line
Phil Hagyard, SVP
Phone: +33 (0)1 47 78 27 17
Email: phagyard@technip.com
www.technip.com
Local subcontractors
One of the Yemgas objectives was to ensure that the local business community
took part to the realisation of the project. In this way, several million dollars were
allocated to local companies who had the opportunity to discover and develop
modern industrial techniques and management.
Camp landscaping and irrigation system for both Client and Contractor camps.
Water management: the Balhaf site produces its own water (except drinking
water).
Waste recycling: Yemgas contracted a local company for site domestic and
vehicle wastes.
Waste donations such as timber, steel and cables.
Recruitment of Yemenis
Providing employment to local communities has been a main objective and
achievement. Over the life of the project, it is estimated that almost 13,000
Yemenis have come and obtained a position within the team: office and field
positions requiring technical and English language skills, engineers, industrial
relationships, labour, supervisory positions in civil and piping works etc.
Knowledge transfer
In order to share the experience of industrial projects among the Yemenis present
on site and give them marketable skills, Technip through its Yemgas joint venture
organised a wide training campaign in different fields: HSE, quality management,
English, camps and catering etc.
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Technip - Group Communications - March 2011 - Photo credits: Technip