THE DRAGON LNG PROJECT, Wales
The tanks were constructed using our LNG slipform system, developed to allow continuous installation of vertical steel strips (plates) for sealing steel. Together, the tanks could hold 25% of the UK’s gas needs.
Location:
Milford Heaven, Wales, U.K.
Client:
Whessoe & Volker Stevin J.V.
Number of tanks:
2 Nos
Capacity:
Each tank :
154 000 kilolitre
Size:
Outside dia=84m, inside dia=82m, H=46m, (Walls 35m to be slipformed)
Time of construction:
May 2005 – September 2005