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Additionally, it said it intended to take delivery construction of a third production train of the
of 1mn tpy of LNG each from the first and sec- same size.
ond phases of the facility. MPL hopes to take a final investment deci-
The Houston-based company has said previ- sion (FID) on the first two stages of the project
ously that it wants to build the Puerto Libertad in the second half of 2022, GDG said in its April
LNG plant in three stages. The first stage would 1 statement. This may put the company on track
involve the construction of a 4.7mn tpy pro- to begin production and exports in 2026, rather
duction train, plus a storage tank and a marine than in 2025 as previously anticipated, LNG
loading jetty, while the second would involve the Prime commented earlier this week.
construction of another production train of the If built, the Puerto Libertad LNG plant will
same size and another storage facility. use gas imported into Mexico via pipeline from
The third, meanwhile, calls for the fields in the US Permian basin as feedstock. ™

EL SALVADOR
EDP receives first LNG shipment in El

Salvador via ship-to-ship transfer

BW LNG, a subsidiary of Singapore-based loaded into the 137,000 cubic metre FSRU had
BW Group, reported earlier this week that the been produced by the Atlantic LNG plant in Port
Energía del Pacífico (EDP) joint venture had Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago.
received its first shipment of LNG via ship-to- The BW Tatiana is a converted LNG carrier
ship (STS) transfer in El Salvador. formerly known as the Gallina and previously
The company revealed via social media posts owned by Shell (UK). The FSRU is able to regas-
that the transfer took place on April 1, when the ify LNG at the rate of up to 280mn cubic feet
BW Tatiana floating storage and regasification (7.93mn cubic metres) per day and is the first
unit (FSRU) completed the STS operation near vessel of its kind to be deployed in Central
the port of Acajutla. It said that EDP had moved America.
125,000 cubic metres of LNG from the Bilbao BW LNG is a shareholder in the EDP joint
Knutsen, a Spanish-flagged tanker owned by venture, which was formed to operate the FSRU;
Norway’s Knutsen, to the FSRU. the other partner in the venture is Invenergy
BW LNG described the transfer as a “mile- (US). EDP will pump regasified LNG to shore
stone operation” and thanked all of the crew via a 2-km pipeline so that it can be used as fuel
members involved in the process. for a 378-MW thermal power plant (TPP) that
The company did not provide any further the joint venture has been building in Acajutla.
information about the LNG delivery. But LNG The total cost of establishing the system that
Prime said, citing the Bilbao Knutsen’s AIS includes the FSRU, the pipeline and the TPP has
data as reported by VesselsValue, that the LNG been estimated at $1bn.

EDP’s FSRU loaded about 125,000 cubic metres of LNG from the Bilbao Knutsen tanker (Image: EDP)

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