Jobs in the pipeline as Technica lands natural gas project

Grimsby-based Technica, whose annual turnover currently stands at £3.5m, said that it is recruiting as a result of winning this major deal with Excelerate Energy, which is based in Texas.

Located 6km south of Puerto Rico, the Aguirre Offshore GasPort will be an offshore floating terminal, which will help transfer liquefied natural gas from ships to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s Central Aguirre Power Plant.

The facility represents a step forward in the island’s strategy to convert power generation from imported oil to burning natural gas.

John Davison, managing director of Technica, said: “The contract with Excelerate Energy includes multi-disciplined detailed design, procurement management and construction supervision to enable the first transfer of LNG in 2015, following approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

“The gas is cooled to -162°C and changes state to a liquid enabling 600 times more volume to be transported in specialist ships across the world.

“It is then transferred from the LNG carrier safely and securely across the offshore platform to the Excelerate energy floating storage and regasification vessel where it is converted back to gas and transported via a subsea pipeline to the Aguirre Power Plant.

“We will be responsible for designing and overseeing the construction of the whole facility. We’ve completed a number of successful projects for Excelerate Energy over the years but this contract represents our biggest to date.

“As such, we’re actively recruiting quality candidates to bolster our existing team.

“As well as working on this highly prestigious, global project, we are delivering a variety of engineering projects closer to home so can offer excellent career opportunities for qualified engineers and surveyors.”

“Partnering with Technica was a strategic decision on our part to ensure the success of this very important project,” stated Edward Scott, chief operating officer for Excelerate Energy.

“Having partnered with Technica on previous projects, we know the level of competence and professionalism their team will deliver to this integral component of the project.”

Excelerate Energy is a developer of LNG transportation and regasification infrastructure, a provider of LNG storage and regasification services and an importer of LNG.