Turbomachinery News Network: NextDecade, Capstone Green Energy, Everllence, and more

Welcome to the nineteenth edition of the Turbomachinery News Network. I’m James Cook, associate editor at Turbomachinery International.

NextDecade Corp. made a positive final investment decision on Train 5 at Rio Grande LNG and issued Bechtel Energy full notice to proceed on the Train 5 project. Rio Grande LNG’s Train 5 has an expected LNG production capacity of approximately 6 MTPA, raising the total under-construction production capacity to about 30 MTPA. Train 5 is commercially supported by 4.5 MTPA of 20-year LNG sale and purchase agreements with JERA, EQT Corp., and ConocoPhillips.

MT Group contracted Everllence to deliver a 5-MW hermetically sealed motor pipeline compressor system for the Jauniunai station in Lithuania, operated by AB Amber Grid. The new MOPICO system will compress natural gas to approximately 53 bar. The MOPICO compressor is directly driven by a high-speed electric motor and features MECOS active magnetic bearing technology, eliminating the need for dry gas seals and lubrication systems.

Doosan Enerbility signed an agreement with a large-scale U.S. technology company to supply two 380-MW gas turbines by year-end 2026. This marks the company’s first overseas export of gas turbines, representing a significant milestone for the Korean power sector. Doosan Turbomachinery Services—the company’s Houston-based subsidiary—will handle gas turbine maintenance services.

ExxonMobil Brazil, Equinor, Petrogal Brazil, and PPSA commenced oil production at the Bacalhau field, 185 km offshore in water deeper than 2,000 meters. The field is developed with an advanced floating production, storage, and offloading vessel that uses high-pressure gas compression and combined-cycle power generation. The Bacalhau field will deliver 220,000 barrels per day of production capacity, with Phase 1 reserves estimated at over 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

Capstone Green Energy and Microgrids 4 AI unveiled their 800-volt direct-current microturbine and engineered equipment package to power AI data center infrastructure. The Capstone 800 VDC natural gas-fired microturbine is designed to support MW-scale AI workloads and next-generation data center environments, leveraging its enhanced inverter-based power electronics technology.