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Inoxcva to build LNG regasification

plant on Antigua for Caribbean LNG

INDIA’S Inoxcva said on April 19 that it had APC, described the contract with the Indian
won a contract from Caribbean LNG, a joint company as a step forward for the project. Car-
venture set up by US-based Eagle LNG Partners ibbean LNG and its shareholders are “proud
and its partner Antigua Power Co. (APC), for to work with Inoxcva on this state-of-the-art
the construction of a small-scale LNG regas- modular terminal for Antigua and Barbuda,
ification facility and terminal on the island of [which will serve] as a template for our plans
Antigua. throughout the Eastern Caribbean, and [a] hub
According to a company statement, Inoxcva for cost-effective, low-carbon fuel supply to the
said it would be providing design, engineering country and region,” he said.
and supply services for the project on a turn-key Hadeed also stressed the environmental
basis. It did not reveal the value of the deal, but and economic benefits of the project. “With
it did explain that it would be building a facility secure, affordable, sustainable and reliable sup-
capable of taking delivery of small cargoes of ply from Eagle LNG’s facilities in Jacksonville,
LNG and then regasifying them for use at APC’s Florida, USA, and the unmatched experience
new on-island thermal power plant (TPP) at and know-how of APC, Antigua and Barbuda
Crabbs, which has a capacity of 40 MW. will benefit from the use of this lower-carbon
The regasification plant will be outfitted with fuel creating opportunities for the country and
vacuum-insulated storage tanks and a regasifi- the Eastern Caribbean region,” he said. “Mov-
cation system based on a modular design, noted ing to gas also enables the greater integration
Vijay Kalaria, the Indian company’s global head of renewable generation in the country and the
of LNG operations. introduction of bio-LNG and hydrogen into the
He also stated that all major critical equip- fuel mix to further reduce carbon footprint and
ment slated for installation at the LNG facility meet committed goals for the country on carbon
would be manufactured at Inoxcva’s manufac- reduction.”
turing base in Kandla, a seaport in the Indian Eagle LNG, APC and the Antigua Public
state of Gujarat. Utilities Authority (APUA) joined forces for an
“We are excited and honoured to have been LNG-to-power project last year. According to a
given this opportunity ... Caribbean LNG’s ter- statement from the US Embassy in Barbados,
minal will be capable of receiving LNG through the Eastern Caribbean and the OECS, the three
smaller ships while provisioning for LNG dis- companies broke ground on the 40-MW Crabbs
tribution and ship bunkering in the future. Our TPP last July. The new plant will be the first gas-
innovative design and modularised concept will fired facility of its kind on the island.
ensure minimum site activity and enable faster No information was available as of press time
implementation of the project,” Kalaria said. on the exact volume of LNG slated for delivery
Meanwhile, Francis Hadeed, the director of to Antigua. ™

Rendering of planned LNG regasification plant (Image: Inoxcva)

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