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Energos Eskimo’s AIS data shows that the vessel was sailing in the Red Sea, offshore Sharm El Sheikh, on Friday after departing Jordan’s Aqaba two days ago.
Kpler also confirmed the departure of the unit in a report on Thursday.
According to Kpler, the unit is en route to DP World Ain Sukhna, Egypt, where it will undergo modifications expected to last four weeks.
The move is part of Egypt’s broader plan to deploy four FSRUs this summer to meet soaring gas demand for cooling and avoid power outages.
Kpler said Energos Eskimo is “set to operate at Sumed port by mid-July, while Energos Power and a Turkish-chartered FSRU will be deployed soon after.”
In December 2024, EGAS signed a deal with US LNG player New Fortress Energy to charter Energos Eskimo, with a regasification capacity of up to 750 million cubic feet per day.
Also, the charter agreement is for a ten-year term.
Energos Infrastructure, a part of US asset manager Apollo, owns this FSRU.
This is also the case with the 174,000-cbm FSRU Energos Power, which recently arrived in Egypt from Germany.
The German government sub-chartered Energos Power to EGAS.
Hoegh and Turkish FSRUs
These two FSRUs join the 170,000-cbm Hoegh Galleon, which is located at the Sumed port in Ain Sokhna.
Norwegian FSRU player Hoegh Evi recently signed a new charter deal with Egypt’s EGAS to deploy a converted FSRU in Egypt.
Hoegh Evi will convert the LNG carrier Hoegh Gandria to a floating storage and regasification unit.
The FSRU Hoegh Gandria will be deployed in the fourth quarter of 2026 to the Port of Sumed and will supply up to 1,000 mmscf/day of peak LNG regasification capacity.
It will replace the FSRU Hoegh Galleon, which was deployed to Egypt in July 2024, on an interim charter from Australian Industrial Energy (AIE) and Hoegh Evi.
According to Hoegh Evi, Galleon will remain in Egypt for up to an additional year before deployment to AIE’s LNG terminal in Port Kembla, Australia in 2027.
Most recently, EGAS signed a charter deal with Turkiye’s Botas to deploy one of Turkiye’s operational FSRUs in Egypt.
This FSRU will work in Egypt for seasonal LNG imports.
