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in Myanmar. It also includes a long-term
power purchase agreement for the sale
of generated power to the Electric Power
Generation Enterprise (hereinafter, EPGE), a
stated-owned enterprise under MOEE, over
a 25-year term after commercial operation
commences. The Project further includes
the procurement, shipping, storage and
regasification of LNG. Now that the NTP has
been received, Marubeni with Sumitomo,
Mitsui and Eden Group will proceed with the
development of the Project by firstly carrying
out the detailed feasibility study followed by
procuring financing, and constructing the
power plant and associated facilities.
In Myanmar, rapid economic growth
has caused expectations to rise for overseas
IPP developers to supply power to meet the
service our customers have come to expect demand for clean and reliable natural gas increasing demand for electricity. Demand
from Siem.” through US LNG export facilities,” said David for electricity is especially high in theThilawa
“Northeast Florida is a global leader Slater, president and COO, DTE Midstream. region, which has a Special Economic Zone
in the use of LNG as a preferred fuel type “DTE Midstream has a reputation for safety where Marubeni also invests. Marubeni,
for the maritime industry,” said JAXPORT and timely project completion and the team Sumitomo, Mitsui and Eden Group will
CEO Eric Green. “Some of the world’s came through again – ahead of schedule and continue to contribute to further economic
most environmentally friendly vessels call under budget. We would also like to thank development in Myanmar by supplying safe
JAXPORT and we are proud to support Momentum Midstream for their help in and stable power through the project.
these initiatives and do our part to make completing the project in such unique times In the power market, Marubeni has
the supply chain cleaner and greener for the and acknowledge Indigo Resources, a top-tier expanded its power generation assets to over
communities we serve.” producer that has helped make this project 12GW (net) in 19 countries, including Japan.
Jacksonville is the nation’s No. 2 vehicle- possible.” Marubeni is committed to contributing to
handling port and the only U.S. East Coast The LEAP gathering system was part of the development of infrastructure in Asian
port offering on-dock and near-dock LNG DTE’s fourth quarter 2019 acquisition of countries by utilising its extensive experience
fueling capabilities. Momentum Midstream’s Louisiana assets. and knowledge. Also, we will continue to
Four LNG-powered vessels are LEAP is fully contracted under long-term, develop LNG-to-Power projects, such as this
homeported at JAXPORT. Three LNG demand charge agreements. Current capacity project, which include the energy chain of
production and storage facilities operate in is 1.0 bcf per day with significant economic LNG procurement, shipping, storage and
Northeast Florida, and a fourth facility is expansion capabilities. regasification to the production of electricity.
currently under construction. DTE MIDSTREAM, July 29, 2020 MARUBENI, July 27, 2020
THE JACKSONVILLE PORT AUTHORITY, July 30,
2020
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DTE Midstream’s 150-mile Marubeni receives Gazprom buys land to build
gathering system now exclusive development €70mn LNG plant in Bosnia

delivering to Gulf Coast Russia’s Gazprom has acquired a land plot in

DTE Midstream, a non-utility business of rights of Thilawa LNG-to- the Bosnian town of Zvornik where it intends
DTE Energy, today announced that test gas power project in Myanmar to build a €70mn plant for liquefaction of
is now flowing through its Louisiana Energy natural gas, eKapija reported on July 28.
Access Project (LEAP) gathering system, Marubeni, with Sumitomo, Mitsui & Co., and Gazprom announced its intention to build
which will be fully in service on August Eden Group, has received a notice to proceed the plant back in 2017 but until now has been
1, 2020. The 150-mile, 36-inch gathering (hereinafter, NTP, granting exclusive rights looking for a suitable location. The plant will
pipeline connects Louisiana’s Haynesville of project development) from the Ministry be majority-owned and financed by Gazprom
Basin to the growing Gulf Coast region where of Electricity and Energy of Myanmar SPG.
demand for natural gas is rapidly increasing in (hereinafter, MOEE) for an LNG-to-power Now that the land has been acquired,
the power, industrial and liquefied natural gas project in Thilawa, Myanmar. Gazprom and Bosnia’s Republika Srpska plan
(LNG) export sectors. The scope of this project includes to set up a joint company.
“This is an extraordinary project that not the building, owning and operation of a In December 2017, the government of
only connects a world-class resource basin to 1,250MW LNG fuelled thermal power plant Republika Srpska said it had agreed to the
the Gulf Coast, a growing domestic demand and onshore LNG receiving, storage and conclusion of an agreement between local gas
centre, but also helps to meet international regasification facility of the largest capacity company Gas-Res and Russia’s Gazprom SPG

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