Chart Industries, Inc., a leading independent global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment used in the production, storage and end-use of hydrocarbon and industrial gases, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc. (“Chart E&C”), has been awarded a contract by a major international EPC contractor to provide Brazed Aluminum Heat Exchangers, Cold Boxes and Core-in-Kettle® units for a baseload LNG project in Eastern Australia.
Chart E&C facilities in La Crosse, Wisconsin and The Woodlands, Texas will be involved in equipment design and manufacture, with the cold box fabrication and assembly taking place at Chart’s Gulf Coast facility in New Iberia, Louisiana.
The initial contract award is in excess of $40 million and represents a single train providing 4.5 Million Tons Per Annum (MTPA) of LNG with an option for the customer to order a second 4.5 MTPA train. “We are very pleased to receive the award for this world-scale LNG plant to be built in Australia and look forward to working again with our EPC and energy company partners on this project,” stated Mike Durkin, President of Chart E&C .
Chart is a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment used in the production, storage and end-use of hydrocarbon and industrial gases. The majority of Chart’s products are used throughout the liquid gas supply chain for purification, liquefaction, distribution, storage and end-use applications, the largest portion of which are energy-related. Chart has domestic operations located across the United States and an international presence in Asia, Australia and Europe.
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