GE Oil & Gas shipped two LNG compressor trains for Dominion’s Cove Point LNG export facility, the company said July 16.

The LNG liquefaction plant on Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, Md., will produce about 5.25 million metric tonnes of LNG annually. It is scheduled to be completed in late 2017, and will be the first terminal capable of exporting LNG on the East Coast.

The identical trains are being built under a joint venture by IHI E&C International Corp. and Kiewit Energy Co. They will provide Dominion with the engineering, procurement and construction services to convert the existing import terminal to a liquefaction plant for export of LNG to India and Japan.

The trains each have FR7 gas turbines and three centrifugal compressors (3MCL1405, MCL1405 and 2BCL806) and a 20-megawatt, two-pole induction electric helper motor provided by GE’s Power Conversion business.

GE's MS7001 EA industrial gas turbines have DLN technology and provide 86-megawatt ISO shaft power while reducing emissions.

Dynamic simulation and full-load string test on the mixed refrigerant and propane LNG compressor trains were conducted in Massa, Italy, at GE Oil & Gas’ facility, the company said. Juan Cuesta, GE Oil & Gas’ North America region general manager for turbomachinery solutions, said all the tests went well and were carried out before the delivery date.

GE Oil & Gas will also provide two auxiliary trains for Cove Point, one for the lean gas compression service and one for the propane recovery service.

Parent company GE is based in Fairfield, Conn.