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Promigas aims to expand capacity

of Cartagena LNG import terminal

PROJECTS & PROMIGAS, a Colombian natural gas transpor- also said it had begun drawing up technical stud-
COMPANIES tation company, is looking to expand the capac- ies with the aim of determining the feasibility of
ity of the country’s only LNG import facility, a boosting gas imports in multiple stages.
terminal in Cartagena. Promigas owns a 51% stake in the Cartagena
This terminal receives regasified LNG via LNG import terminal, and the remaining 49%
a 9.2-km pipeline link to the Hoegh Grace, a is held by Vopak of the Netherlands. Sociedad
floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Portuaria El Cayao (SPEC LNG) is serving as the
anchored near the port. It then delivers gas to terminal’s operator.
local thermal power plants (TPPs). According to Jose Maria Castro, SPEC LNG’s
Currently, the terminal is capable of handling general manager, Promigas will be expanding
around 400mn cubic feet (11.3mn cubic metres) the terminal in line with current and future plans
of gas per day. But Promigas, which has a major- for the expansion of its own pipeline network,
ity stake in the terminal, said in a statement as well as gas demand projections. The project
last week that it wanted to increase throughput represents “an efficient solution, with low risk
capacity by 12.5% next year to 450 mmcf (12.74 and development costs” for the Colombian gas
mcm) per day. It also reported that it was consid- sector, he added.
ering the possibility of hiking capacity again to Castro also talked up the advantages of the
600 mmcf (17 mcm) per day by 2025. Cartagena terminal, noting that the facility could
In its statement, the company explained that easily access multiple sources of LNG supplies.
it had decided to expand the terminal’s capacity He named the US and Trinidad and Tobago as
because of rising demand for gas in Colombia. It some of the closest suppliers.™

ASIA

Petronas kicks off FEED competition

at nearshore LNG project

PROJECTS & MALAYSIA’S state-owned Petronas has As plans stand, the facility will increase Pet-
COMPANIES awarded two front-end engineering and design ronas’ FLNG production capacity from 2.7mn
(FEED) contracts for its nearshore LNG project tpy to 4.7mn tpy.
in Sabah State. The major added that it expected the near-
The two contracts, one of which was awarded shore plant’s design and construction to be
to a consortium consisting of Japan’s JGC and simpler and it had the potential for improved
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) production uptime compared to an offshore
and the other to Italy’s Saipem, are actually part floating LNG (FLNG) facility owing to its loca-
of an international dual FEED design competi- tion within a protected bay area.
tion for the LNG project, Petronas revealed on In other news, Petronas announced last week
December 1. that Thailand’s state-owned PTTEP had made
The state major said: “The FEED design com- an offshore gas discovery at its Nangka-1 wildcat
petition is expected to take place over the course exploration well in shallow-water Block SK417,
of 10 months, with the final investment decision located about 180 km off the coast of Sarawak.
(FID) planned for end of 2022. Subject to FID, PTTEP operates SK417 with an 80% stake, while
the winning FEED contractor will be rolled over Petronas Carigali holds the remaining 20%.
to the engineering, procurement, construction Nangka-1 was successfully drilled to a total
and commissioning (EPCC) phase.” depth of 3,758 metres in September 2021, the
Petronas wants the nearshore LNG plant – company said on November 30, adding that
which it has said will have a minimum capacity sweet gas was discovered in the Middle to Late
of 2mn tonnes per year (tpy) and will be the first Miocene Cycle VI clastic reservoirs. It said the
of its kind in Malaysia – to be ready for start-up discovery further validated the hydrocarbon
by end of 2026. potential in the surrounding areas.™

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