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Major LNG-to-power JV commissions
its first TPP in Açu
PROJECTS & GAS Natural Açu (GNA), a joint venture formed of 21mn cubic metres per day of natural gas, and
COMPANIES to execute Latin America’s largest LNG-to-power a connection to the onshore pipeline that will
project, has successfully commissioned the first pump gas to the power stations.
thermal power plant (TPP) within its Açu Gas The BW Magna received its first LNG cargo
Hub complex in Rio de Janeiro State. late last year. According to a previous statement
The joint venture took this step after Bra- from GNA, the FSRU took delivery of the cargo
zil’s Electricity Regulatory Authority (ANEEL) from BP on December 27, 2020.
approved plans for starting commercial opera- GNA’s founding members are Siemens (Ger-
tions at the GNA-I TPP, which has a capacity of many), BP (UK) and Prumo, a private Brazilian
1,300 MW. The facility was originally slated to entity controlled by EIG Global Energy Partners
come online in June of this year but missed that (US). Siemens has agreed to build the TPPs,
deadline. while Prumo is operating the BW Magna FSRU.
GNA-I is the first of four TPPs that GNA BP, for its part, is supplying the terminal with
aims to build at the Açu Gas Hub complex. The LNG.
GNA-II plant, which is currently under con- The joint venture also includes China’s State
struction, is slated to begin operating in 2023. It Power Investment Corp. (SPIC), which com-
will have a generating capacity of 1,700 MW. pleted its acquisition of a stake in GNA earlier this
The complex, which has already been outfit- year. The joint venture said at the time that the
ted with an LNG import and regasification ter- Chinese company had acquired a 33% stake in
minal and an onshore pipeline, will eventually the GNA-I and GNA-II TPPs, as well as the Açu
include another two gas-fired TPPs, GNA-III Gas Hub. It also noted that SPIC had finalised an
and GNA-IV. The terminal consists of the BW agreement that would allow it to participate in the
Magna, a floating storage and regasification unit future expansion of the complex via the construc-
(FSRU) that can take delivery of the equivalent tion of the GNA-III and GNA-IV plants.
FortisBC scales back Tilbury
LNG expansion plan
PROJECTS & CANADA’S FortisBC has filed a detailed pro- base plant. However, FortisBC said the base
COMPANIES ject description (DPD) for the Phase 2 expan- plant, which was built in 1971, will be retired
sion at its small-scale Tilbury LNG facility with once Phase 2 is complete. The expanded facil-
regulatory authorities. The DPD involves both ity will have a storage capacity of 216,400 cubic
the incremental liquefaction capacity and the metres.
additional storage capacity for the project being Despite the reductions in storage and capac-
scaled back from initial plans. ity, though, FortisBC has not cut its cost estimate
The DPD comes roughly 18 months after for the project, still putting it at CAD3.0-3.5bn
the initial project description (IPD) was filed, ($2.4-2.8bn).
and the adjustments have been made following Tilbury LNG produces LNG for transpor-
early-stage engineering and other engagement tation, including for use as a marine fuel by BC
activities carried out since then. Ferries and Seaspan Ferries. FortisBC has also
Incremental capacity from the Phase 2 shipped LNG to China from Tilbury in the past,
expansion has been reduced to 7,700 tonnes though on a small scale.
per day from 11,000 tpd in the IPD. Additional The company says it is now working with the
storage capacity in Phase 2 has been reduced to Vancouver Fraser Port Authority to develop the
142,400 cubic metres from 162,000 cubic metres first ship-to-ship LNG marine refuelling service
previously. This has been attributed to early on the west coast of North America.
engineering and planning work that allowed the Phase 1 of the Tilbury LNG expansion is
company to more accurately estimate how much currently underway and could be complete by
additional storage capacity it would need. around 2025. If Phase 2 is approved, the storage
Once the expansion is built, the Tilbury LNG expansion could be complete by around 2026,
facility will be able to produce about 10,460 tpd with the liquefaction capacity expansion follow-
of LNG, including 60 tpd from the terminal’s ing around 2028.
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