LNG

In 2022, an incident caused a shutdown of the Freeport LNG Facility in Freeport, Texas. As the second-largest LNG export facility in the United States, the shutdown caused negative economic impacts on the facility and impacted LNG customers. Kiewit understood the importance of bringing this facility back online — and when the opportunity arose to support the restoration of our client’s facility, we quickly mobilized. Kiewit’s size and resources allowed our teams to staff up and mobilize to the project site within a few weeks, resulting in a faster start to the schedule.

Kiewit Energy Company and joint venture partner IHI E&C International Corporation engineered, procured, constructed and commissioned the Cove Point LNG Export Terminal located on the Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, Maryland. The scope of work included the addition of a LNG export facility at Dominion Energy’s existing import facility. Together, the new and existing facilities provide bi-directional import and export capabilities, and are the second bi-directional facility in the US to enter into commercial operation and the first located on the east coast. This facility opened international markets for the Marcellus and Utica shale plays — two of the most prolific natural gas basins in North America.