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Zama is in the southern Gulf of Mexico (Image: Talos Energy)
It is outfitted with automated storage facilities users in Mexico. Caio Zapata, the Mexican firm’s
and an unloading system that can handle mid- CEO, said: “This supply contract with Okra
size vessels with a capacity of up to 22,000 cubic Energy Alabama will allow us to continue [to]
metres. improve our distribution capabilities in Mexico.”
The US company has not revealed the value Okra Energy Alabama has also hailed the
of the deal or the volume of LNG it intends to agreement, saying it was pleased to be involved
deliver to Énestas. It did say in the statement, in the delivery of cleaner-burning natural gas to
though, that the supply agreement was in line Mexico.
with its efforts to make LNG and gas liquefac- “We’re proud to bring new technologies
tion technology more widely available in Latin and enhanced energy sector jobs to Washing-
America. ton County through our supply contract with
The deal will benefit Énestas, which uses vir- Énestas Energy & Gas, [which shares] our belief
tual pipelines to deliver gas to industrial parks, that access to natural gas is a basic asset for the
transport operators, greenhouses, mines, ther- development of any country,” said Mark Clark,
mal power plants (TPPs) and other commercial the company’s CEO. ™

US VIRGIN ISL ANDS
Wärtsilä, WAPA sign deal to build

fuel-switching power plant in USVI

FINLAND’S Wärtsilä is set to help the US Vir- oil (LFO).
gin Islands (USVI) move forward with plans to Additionally, it is due to be outfitted with
increase the use of LPG as a fuel for electricity batteries that use Wärtsilä’s GEMS energy man-
generation. agement platform to help optimise the plant’s
According to a company statement, the Finn- operations. This battery storage unit will be
ish company will achieve this aim within the capable of providing an additional 9 MW of
framework of a contract with the USVI Water capacity for up to two hours.
and Power Authority (WAPA). Under the con- The Finnish company described the project
tract, it will be responsible for all engineering, as a milestone. “In addition to being Wärtsilä’s
procurement and construction (EPC) tasks first engine/hybrid power plant sale, this will
related to the building of a new hybrid power also be the first installation of the Wärtsilä LG
station. engines, and the company’s first engines capa-
The value of the deal has not been divulged. ble of burning both LPG and LFO,” it said in its
The statement did note, though, that the facil- statement.
ity would be equipped with four Wärtsilä 32LG Edmund Phillips, Wärtsilä’s business devel-
generating units, each with a capacity of 9 MW opment manager, talked up the plant’s ability to
and the ability to burn either LPG or light fuel use different fuels.

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