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Progas awards Canadian, Chinese firms Phase II EPC for Port Qasim LPG project

Oil & Gas Journal

By an OGJ Correspondent

KARACHI, July 1 -- Progas Pakistan, formerly Keloil Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd., has awarded a $38 million engineering, procurement, and construction contract for the second phase of its Port Qasim liquefied petroleum gas terminal at Karachi.

Canadian firm SNC Lavalin Energy Control Systems Inc. and China Shanghai (Group) Corp. for Foreign Economic and Technological Cooperation (SFECO), Shanghai, will engineer and construct 4,500 tonnes of LPG storage and an LPG import handling terminal at the site, enabling the facility to handle vessels of 1,500-50,000 dwt.

Islamabad-based engineering firm Usmani Associates is constructing the first phase of the project—2,000 tonnes of LPG storage and a fully automated, 12-filling-head operation capable of handling 5,000 tonnes/month of LPG at the terminal. It is expected to be commissioned by the fourth quarter of this year.

Three regional distribution centers are being set up in Islamabad, Quetta, and Muzaffargarh with 300 tonnes bulk storage and semiautomated LPG bottling operations.