Glenfarne had hoped to reach FID by the end of last year. In January, short of reaching that milestone, Duval said the project was “progressing from planning to building.” That included lining up partners.
This week, Prestige told conference attendees, “Many of those prospective partners have become firm team members with committed roles in the project.”
Glenfarne announced conditional awards for pipeline construction and materials supply for North Slope heavy contractor Cruz Construction, Fairbanks-based regional Alaska Native corporation Doyon, Limited through its Doyon Energy Services subsidiary, and Texas-based Associated Pipe Line.
Other conditional awards go to Wisconsin-based Precision Pipeline, a subsidiary of MasTec, one of the leading pipeline contractors in North America, and to Price Gregory International, a subsidiary of Quanta Services with a long history in Alaska pipeline construction.
ASRC Energy Services subsidiary Houston Contracting Company is conditionally awarded a joint bid with Wisconsin-based Michels Pipeline. Other joint ventures lined up for the job: U.S. Pipeline and Spiecapag, a subsidiary of VINCI Construction, and a team-up of Montana-based Barnard Pipeline and Italian contractor SICIM.
Phase One would consist of a 739-mile, 42-inch pipeline, plus a 63-mile, 32-inch lateral pipeline eastward to Point Thomson. A structure that size will require 700,000 tonnes of API 5L X70 steel pipe. Another 25,000 tonnes would be needed for the Point Thomson Lateral. Glenfarne is sourcing material from Korean steelmaker POSCO International, Greek manufacturer Corinth Pipeworks, and from Europipe GmbH in Germany.
Glenfarne also has a strategic partnership with Baker Hughes to supply the liquefaction refrigerator and power equipment. Worley Limited is completing the final engineering and cost validation for the pipeline, currently the only federally authorized export terminal on the US Pacific Coast.
Although the target for FID has slipped, Duval remains upbeat. He told conference attendees, “Talk to your mayors, your elected officials, your legislators, your community leaders, your union leaders, and get them behind a rally here, to call to arms. Let’s get this thing over the line.”