The arrival of the first LNG carrier marked a historic moment for the LNG Canada project. This inaugural cargo initiated...
CMPEA is an engineering firm renowned for its calculations and designs for cryogenic and atmospheric tanks, its pressure vessel studies and its repair services for customers in France and abroad. Under his leadership, the team supports projects for Entrepose and numerous external operators.
His role is to guarantee the technical soundness of studies, responsiveness to customer requests and the continuity of expertise built up over decades. He coordinates studies between Entrepose and CMPEA, arbitrates priorities, supports his team of draughtsmen and calculators and secures interfaces with engineering, procurement, construction and operators.
📢”A good design office manager must keep one foot in the technical field and the other in the collective. Reliability is built both in the calculations and in the way we work together”, he explains.
By retaining his position as a tank engineer, Christophe remains closely involved in complex subjects: LNG tanks, repairs, pressure vessels. This dual role allows him to combine operational vision with the management of the subsidiary. Joining his teams means contributing to niche expertise at the heart of the most demanding EPC projects.

Gabriela Victoria Santa Cruz Bustamante holds a PhD in Chemistry and chose engineering over research. Now Project Director for Cartagena GLP at Entrepose Contracting, a subsidiary of VINCI Construction Grands Projets, she leads technically demanding operations. A look at her career path and at the

From a distance, a cryogenic tank looks like a large storage tank. Up close, it’s something else entirely: a critical industrial system where a design flaw can have consequences over forty years of operation. At −162 °C for LNG and as low as −253 °C