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EDP receives second LNG shipment in El

Salvador via ship-to-ship transfer

TERMINALS BW LNG, a subsidiary of Singapore-based BW BW LNG is a shareholder in the EDP joint
Group, reported last week that the Energía del venture, which was formed to operate the FSRU.
Pacífico (EDP) joint venture had received its Its partner in the venture is Invenergy (US).
second shipment of LNG via ship-to-ship (STS) Together, the two companies are using the BW
transfer in El Salvador. Tatiana, a converted LNG carrier formerly
The company revealed via social media posts known as the Gallina and previously owned by
that the transfer took place on June 15, when Shell (UK), to regasify LNG at the rate of up to
the BW Tatiana floating storage and regasifica- 280mn cubic feet (7.93mn cubic metres) per
tion unit (FSRU) completed the STS operation day. The FSRU is the first vessel of its kind to
near the port of Acajutla. It said that EDP had be deployed in Central America, and it pumps
moved the cargo from the Shandong Jupiter, a regasified LNG to shore via a 2-km pipeline so
tanker built in 2004 and owned by Shell (UK), that it can be used as fuel for a 378-MW thermal
to the FSRU. power plant (TPP) that EDP has been building
BW LNG did not say exactly how much LNG in Acajutla.
had been moved in the STS transfer. LNG Prime The total cost of establishing the system that
noted, though, that the Shandong Jupiter had a includes the FSRU, the pipeline and the TPP has
capacity of 138,104 cubic metres, while the BW been estimated at $1bn, making it the biggest pri-
Tatiana’s capacity stood at 137,000 cubic metres. vate-sector investment initiative in El Salvador.
Despite this lack of details, BW LNG The project will help the country reduce emis-
described itself as “very proud to be part of this sions by replacing older power stations that burn
project” and noted that the FSRU was now “now a dirtier type of petroleum-based fuel – namely,
fully operational, injecting gas to the power plant residual fuel oil. It will also be connected to the
that will supply 30% of the country’s total energy Central American Electrical Interconnection
demand.” Additionally, it noted that the LNG- System (known as CAIES), which links the
to-power system would help El Salvador bring power grids of El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicara-
down harmful emissions in the power-generat- gua, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama via a
ing sector and stressed its commitment to sup- 230-kV transmission line.™
porting a transition to a lower-carbon economy.

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