I&I Soft Craft Solutions
GNL Quintero LNG Terminal (Quintero Bay, Chile)
Results
I&I Soft Craft Solutions installed more Cryogenic Insulation on LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Liquefaction Plants and Terminals than any other North American-based Insulation company.
The importing of LNG into the U.S. pretty much ended in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At that time, the cost of imported LNG became much higher than domestic gas, and the few terminals in the Continental U.S. were mothballed.
However, the demand for Natural Gas kept growing worldwide, especially in industrialized countries like Japan and China, where natural gas became the clean fuel for the Power Industry.
As a result, LNG Liquefaction Plants were being built worldwide, and LNG receiving terminals were constructed to re-gasify the LNG into natural gas.
I&I Soft Craft Solutions insulated our first LNG terminal in Puerto Rico in 2000. Since then, we have completed LNG projects all over the world. Recently, we have also been involved with LNG projects in the U.S. once the economics made it attractive to import natural gas again.
We are proud to say that we are currently completing our twentieth LNG project in Angola, Africa.
The Quintero Bay, Chile project was designed and constructed by CB&I’s London office. This re-gasification terminal was built in Chile to reduce their dependence on Argentine Gas.
I&I Soft Craft Solutions was awarded the Insulation portion of the project by CB&I, with whom we have been doing business for over 35 years.
Our Chilean company, I&I Soft Craft Solutions Limitada, hired and trained local Chilean workers to install the insulation. The project peaked at about 535 direct hire workers.