Chart Receives LNG Liquefaction Plant Order in British Columbia

On Thursday, Chart Industries announced that Bechtel awarded Chart’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Chart Energy & Chemicals, a contract to provide liquefaction technology and standard liquefaction plant equipment for the FortisBC Tilbury Expansion Project in British Columbia, Canada. Bechtel will execute the engineering, procurement and construction for FortisBC using Chart as its process technology partner and key equipment supplier. The project order is in excess of $40 million. The Tilbury Expansion will be designed to produce 0.25 million tons per year to be used as a transportation fuel and as an energy source in remote communities. The Tilbury expansion is expected to begin LNG production in the third quarter of 2016.