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AMERICAS station, where the interconnection with the impact assessment of the project on behalf of
integrated network of transportation pipelines the Agency, fulfilling the requirements of both
Petrobras on LNG takes place. the federal Impact Assessment Act and British
Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Act.
PETROBRAS, September 17, 2020
regasification record whether a federal impact assessment is
As a next step, the Agency will determine
Petrobras informs that it has successfully Tilbury Phase 2 LNG required for the project. If one is required,
concluded the operation test with an expansion project – recipients and the amount of funding
flowrate of 30mn m3/day (millions of cubic allocated will be posted at a later date on the
metres per day) of natural gas, held at the participant funding project’s webpage on the Canadian Impact
Guanabara Bay (TR-BGUA) liquefied Assessment Registry website. If the minister
natural gas regasification terminal in Rio available approves substitution, the agency’s funding
de Janeiro, becoming the new world record will support participation in the substituted
for regasification with floating storage and The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada process led by the provincial government.
regasification unit (FSRU). (the Agency) is making funding available If the agency determines a federal impact
All phases were accompanied by a to assist the participation of the public and assessment is not required, no funds will
certifying company in order to certify Indigenous peoples in the federal impact be allocated and there will be no further
TR-BGUA’s ability to operate under the assessment for the proposed Tilbury Phase 2 opportunity to apply for federal funding for
new proposed conditions. This is one of LNG Expansion Project, located on Tilbury this project.
the requirements for the continuity of the Island, in Delta, British Columbia. THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT AGENCY OF
authorisation process for the expansion of TR- Funding is available for eligible individuals CANADA, September 16, 2020
BGUA’s operational capacity from 20 to 30mn and groups to assist their participation in
m³/day with the competent authorities, such upcoming steps of the impact assessment, AES Dominicana looks to
as the State Environmental Institute (INEA specifically for reviewing and providing
- Instituto Estadual do Ambiente) and the comments on the draft information bolster natural gas supply
National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels requirements that will inform the assessment.
Agency (ANP). Once this phase is complete, the public to the region
TR-BGUA is located in the Guanabara Bay and Indigenous peoples will have another
(TABG) Waterway Terminal Complex, in Rio opportunity to apply for funding to assist their With a view to expanding the range of
de Janeiro, next to the Ilha D’Água terminal. participation in the next phases of the impact regional natural gas services and supported
The terminal consists of an island type pier assessment process. by the flexibilities offered by the AES Andrés
with two berths for mooring and anchoring a Applications received by October 16, 2020, and AES Colón terminals, the company
FSRU vessel and a supply vessel, in cross jetty will be considered. AES (Dominican and Panama subsidiaries)
configuration. TR-BGUA’s current maximum The Government of British Columbia announced the conclusion of the testing phase
regasification capacity is 20mn m³/d (@ 1 atm has requested that the conduct of the federal for the integration of floating solutions, which
and 20°C) and is in the process of obtaining impact assessment process be substituted will make it possible to expand the supply
new licenses and permits to expand capacity to the province. This means if federal and of natural gas in the Central American and
to 30mn m³/d (@ 1 atm and 20°C). provincial reviews are both required, and the Caribbean regions.
The terminal’s integrated gas pipeline is federal Minister of Environment and Climate This initiative, promoted by the regional
15 km long, 10 km underwater and 5 km on Change decides the provincial process is an Natural Gas division of AES Corporation,
land, and 28 inches in diameter, connecting appropriate substitute for the federal process, consisted of the temporary hiring of a
TR-BGUA to the Campos Elíseos reception the provincial government would conduct the methane tanker that would serve as a floating
natural gas warehouse to allow the export and
transshipment of fuel from Punta Caucedo,
Dominican Republic to any destination in the
region as well as guaranteeing strategic storage
during the most critical point of the hurricane
season.
Additionally, the ship-to-ship transfer
system was tested, which, together with
temporary storage, makes the logistics
management of the terminals more flexible,
improving redundancy for its customers.
The vessel named “Golar Seal” with a
capacity of 160,000 cubic metres was loaded
at the AES Andrés LNG terminal with
liquid natural gas, with a fraction of said fuel
volume remaining as strategic storage and
another fraction was delivered in Jamaica.
demonstrating the re-export capabilities of
AES facilities.
The temporary incorporation of LNG ships

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