AMEC awarded £25 million
AMEC has been awarded £25 million by Shell UK to deliver a new gas reception facility at the Bacton natural gas terminal in Norfolk.

has been awarded £25 million by
to design and deliver a new gas reception facility at the Bacton natural gas terminal,
, which forms part of a major pipeline project by
(BBL) to transport gas from the
to the
.
Shell is responsible for overall project management and commissioning of the new facility, which will be owned by BBL, an international consortium of gas transmission companies. Shell will maintain and operate the facilities on behalf of BBL.
AMEC, the London, England-based international project management and services company, was involved in feasibility studies and conceptual design and will now carry out the engineering, procurement, installation and pre-commissioning of the facilities and provide commissioning support services to Shell.
The facility will consist of four process trains featuring 5.3 megawatt heaters, filtration, flow control and metering systems, with a central control and safety systems building and a 450 metre long pipeline tie-in to the National Grid Transco transmission network.
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