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Vista Pacifico LNG will be adjacent to the Topolobampo refined fuels terminal (Photo: Sempra Energy)

“This new project is expected to be a mid-scale Martin also stated that Vista Pacifico LNG
facility connected to two existing pipelines, one would have a production capacity comparable
of them being the high-pressure pipeline system to that of the first stage of Energia Costa Azul
we own in Sonora,” he stated. (ECA), a new gas export facility that Sempra’s
Additionally, he drew attention to the termi- Mexican unit IEnova is building at the site of
nal’s location on Mexico’s west coast, noting that its existing LNG regasification plant in Baja
the facility could serve as an export outlet for California.
US-based natural gas producers targeting Asian “[The] Topolobampo project will be very
buyers. “The project would source lower-cost similar in scale to ECA Phase 1”, as it will be able
natural gas from the Permian Basin for export to turn out 3-4mn tonnes per year (tpy) of LNG,
to high-demand Asian markets,” he said. he explained.
Also during the earnings call, Sempra Ener- For his part, Bird reported that work on the
gy’s CEO Jeffrey Martin described Vista Pacifico ECA Phase 1 project was moving forward. “At
LNG as a higher priority than proposals for the ECA LNG Phase 1, engineering, equipment,
construction of a new LNG plant in Port Arthur fabrication and site preparation are well under-
on the Texas coast. The Topolobampo project way,” he stated. “The project is on time and on
“definitely can jump ahead of Port Arthur,” he budget, and we continue to expect first LNG
told analysts. production by the end of 2024.” ™

EL SALVADOR
Wärtsilä completes installation of FSRU

for LNG-to-power project in El Salvador

FINLAND’S Wärtsilä reported on November
10 that it had finished installing the BW Tatiana
floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU)
at its designated site offshore El Salvador, near
the port of Acajutla.
In a statement, Wärtsilä indicated that it had
also succeeded in bringing the FSRU into oper-
ation. As such, it said, the 137,000-cubic metre
vessel is now capable of taking delivery of LNG
shipments to El Salvador.
Wärtsilä has been participating in the instal-
lation process as a contractor for Energía del
Pacífico (EDP), the joint venture formed by The FSRU will regasify LNG and send it to a 378-MW TPP (Image: EDP)
Invenergy (US) and BW LNG (Singapore) to
operate the FSRU. 50SG gas-powered engines and steam-turbine
The Finnish engineering company is also cycle, which will be installed in the 378-MW
providing part of the technology solution for thermal power plant (TPP) that the joint venture
EDP’s LNG-to-power scheme, in the form of its is building in Acajutla.

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