{"id":328606,"date":"2026-01-13T14:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/baker-hughes-to-provide-liquefaction-equipment-for-lng-project\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:07:28","slug":"baker-hughes-to-provide-liquefaction-equipment-for-lng-project","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/baker-hughes-to-provide-liquefaction-equipment-for-lng-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Baker Hughes to provide liquefaction equipment for LNG project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Baker Hughes has been selected to supply <strong>liquefaction equipment<\/strong> for <strong>Commonwealth LNG<\/strong>&#8216;s ambitious liquefied natural gas (LNG) project located in Cameron, Louisiana. This agreement, awarded by <strong>Technip Energies<\/strong>, includes 6 LM9000 turbomachinery trains paired with high-performance centrifugal compressors. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the project about?<\/h2>\n\n<p>The project involves the construction of an <strong>LNG export plant<\/strong> at an <strong>important hub for the export of U.S. gas<\/strong>. It will have a capacity of <strong>9.5 million tons per annum (MTPA)<\/strong> of LNG and will be equipped with state-of-the-art technology aimed at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/energy-efficiency-in-refineries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reduce emissions and optimize<\/a><\/strong> and optimize energy consumption.   <\/p>\n\n<p>For the project&#8217;s parent company, <strong>Caturus<\/strong>, this development represents a centerpiece in its plan to position itself as the most relevant independent player in the U.S. natural gas market. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/the-five-movements-in-the-corporate-oil-and-gas-sector-in-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">natural gas market in the United States.<\/a><\/strong>. Its CEO, <strong>David Lawler<\/strong>, underlined that this investment supports both the group&#8217;s financial and operational commitment to meet the growing global demand for LNG under more sustainable parameters. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What exactly is Baker Hughes going to supply?<\/h2>\n\n<p>The company will supply <strong>6 trains of mixed coolant turbomachines<\/strong>, where each consists of:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An <strong>LM9000 gas turbine<\/strong>: This is the engine, a highly efficient turbine derived from aeronautical technology.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Centrifugal compressors<\/strong>: These compressors compress the refrigerant that cools the natural gas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It also includes associated services such as commissioning, spare parts and warranty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The <strong>LM9000 turbines<\/strong> stand out for their greater than 44% efficiency, compact design and longer mean time between maintenance (MTBM).<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next steps of the project<\/h2>\n\n<p>Commonwealth LNG plans to make its <strong>final investment decision in the first quarter of 2026<\/strong>, a step prior to full-scale construction. Technip Energies had previously been awarded the engineering, procurement and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/technip-energies-leads-contract-for-lng-terminal-in-the-u-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract<\/a><\/strong>contract for <strong>US$1.16 billion<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<p>Overall, this development represents not only a technological evolution, but also a strategic move on the global LNG map, with direct impact on energy security and decarbonization.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.damen.com\/insights-center\/news\/damen-lst-100-design-selected-by-navsea-for-us-navy-lsm-initiative?queryid=b0346b55ee85eab5d5ed6b697304ef29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Baker Hughes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The firm will supply six LM9000 trains to the Commonwealth LNG plant to boost its export capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10019,"featured_media":328296,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13036],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-328606","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-oil-and-gas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/328606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/328606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=328606"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=328606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}