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India’s first FSRU arrives at Jaigarh terminal

PROJECTS & INDIA’S first floating storage and regasification The project is one of several LNG import
COMPANIES unit (FSRU) has arrived in the country. The plans currently under development in India,
Höegh Giant sailed from Keppel Shipyard in Sin- which is on a push to increase the share of natural
gapore, berthing at H-Energy’s Jaigarh terminal gas in its energy mix. The country has set a goal
in Maharashtra on April 12. of raising gas’ share of the energy mix to 15% by
The FSRU has a storage capacity of 170,000 2030, from around 6% currently, and while there
cubic metres and installed regasification capac- are concerns that it could struggle to meet this
ity of 750mn cubic feet (21mn cubic metres) per target, the news from H-Energy illustrates that
day, which is equivalent to about 6mn tonnes progress is being made.
per year (tpy) of LNG. H-Energy noted in a Consultancy GlobalData said earlier this
statement that it had chartered the facility for a month that India was likely to see 647 new oil
10-year period. and gas projects start up between now and 2025,
From the Höegh Giant, regasified LNG will accounting for 33% of the total project launches
be delivered to the 56-km Jaigarh-Dabhol gas across the Asia-Pacific region. Among these,
pipeline, which connects the LNG terminal to GlobalData anticipates 123 midstream project
the national gas grid. Additionally, LNG deliv- start-ups, with LNG schemes accounting for
ered to the FSRU can be sent on to truck loading 14% of that number.
facilities for onshore distribution, or to small- The consultancy estimates the Jaigarh LNG
scale vessels for bunkering. import project to cost around $274mn to build.
Following the berthing of the Höegh The project’s looming start-up comes after sev-
Giant, the LNG import terminal will soon be eral delays. H-Energy has previously said that it
ready to begin testing and commissioning expects the terminal to be predominantly used
activities. for term supply, with occasional spot cargoes.™

Two Philippine LNG projects

award EPC contracts

PROJECTS & THE Philippines is that much closer to becom- McDermott said mechanical completion was
COMPANIES ing an LNG importer this week after two separate slated for the third quarter of 2023, with purging
import projects awarded engineering contracts. and commissioning activities to follow.
McDermott International announced on The news of AG&P’s award came a day after
April 14 that subsidiary CB&I Storage Solutions Jacobs revealed that local utility First Gen had
had won an engineering, procurement and con- awarded it an EPC contract for a floating storage
struction (EPC) contract from Atlantic Gulf and regasification unit (FSRU) based import project
Pacific Company of Manila (AG&P) for a ter- located in Batangas City.
minal currently under construction in Batangas The project involves the modification of an
Province. existing liquid fuel jetty to accommodate both
CB&I will provide the first of two 60,000 an FSRU and LNG carriers.
cubic metre full containment steel LNG tanks The scope of works includes modifications to
along with geotechnical investigation, soil the jetty head, berthing and mooring facilities;
improvement, foundation and topside platform a trestle bridge with high-pressure gas pipeline
structure, pre-commissioning, purging and and utilities; and a jetty monitoring building
commissioning activities. and control room. Jacobs will be responsible for
AG&P’s proposed $315mn LNG import a design review, project management and super-
facility, which received a notice to proceed from vision of the project’s construction.
the Department of Energy (DOE) in March, First Gen last week signed a five-year charter
will supply gas to the 1,200-MW Ilijan gas-fired deal with BW Gas for the 162,400 cubic metre
thermal power plant (TPP). Ilijan is one of sev- BW Paris FSRU. The Philippine utility said on
eral TPPs on the island of Luzon to rely on gas April 5 that it expected to begin importing LNG
supplies from the offshore Malampaya field, by the third quarter of 2022, allowing it to feed
which is projected to run dry before the end of about 2 GW of gas-fired generating that is also
the decade. reliant on feedstock from Malampaya.™

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