GE, Cheniere sign maintenance deal for Sabine Pass

GE and Sabine Pass Liquefaction, a unit of Cheniere Energy Partners, informed that they have entered into a $1 billion, 20+-year service contract. 

Under the contract GE will provide spare parts and planned inspections, maintenance services and round-the-clock technical support for the gas turbines and refrigerant compressors on the first four LNG trains currently under construction at the Sabine Pass LNG export facility. Each train will have six gas turbines and is expected to have nominal capacity to produce approximately 4.5 million metric tons per annum of LNG.

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Rafael Santana, CEO & president—Turbomachinery Solutions for GE Oil & Gas said, “The contract with Cheniere at Sabine Pass will support the production of approximately 18 million mtpa of LNG from the first four LNG trains.”

The contract will see GE provide services that cover all major maintenance for the first four LNG trains, including parts, repairs and field services as well as a resident team of 14 local experts including field and repair services to assist with all aspects of maintenance on the GE equipment. GE also will provide access to original parts, supported by the technical expertise of GE’s field engineers, which will ensure optimal reliability.

GE will be supplying services for the following products:

• 24 PGT25+ G4 gas turbines to power the LNG trains.
• 56 centrifugal compressors.
• Associated auxiliaries.

GE’s Oil & Gas Services 2.0 package will use its Predictivity technology for equipment monitoring and pre-emptive maintenance, maximizing uptime. The project also will benefit from the expertise of the Houston GE Oil & Gas iCenter, which features more than 11 million hours of machine data and is one of three global centers strategically set up in different time zones to ensure 24/7 monitoring and diagnostics services for GE Oil & Gas’ installed fleet.

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Press Release; Image: Cheniere