Bangladesh’s RPGCL launches new LNG cargo tender

RPGCL issued the tender to “23 organizations that we have signed the MSPA (master sale and purchase agreement) with Petrobangla.”

According to a tender document posted on RPGCL’s website, the delivery windows for the spot LNG cargoes are November 3-4 and November 10-11.

The tender will close on October 14.

Prior to this tender, RPGCL invited bids for two spot LNG cargoes for delivery during October 27-28 and November 3-4.

This means that RGPCL is again seeking bids for the November 3-4 delivery.

This tender closed on October 6.

RPGCL also previously invited bids for three LNG cargoes with delivery windows October 10-11, October 17-18, and October 27-28.

This tender closed on September 29.

Bangladesh currently imports LNG via two FSRU-based facilities, both of which feature Excelerate Energy’s FSRUs.

The 138,000-cbm FSRU Excellence serves Bangladesh’s first LNG import facility, Moheshkhali Floating LNG or MLNG, operated by Petrobangla.

Launched in 2018, the FSRU-based terminal completed its 100th STS transfer offshore Bangladesh in 2021.

Excelerate’s 138,000-cbm FSRU Summit LNG serves as the second LNG import facility operated by Summit.

Last month, Summit said the FSRU was ready to resume sendout to the grid in Bangladesh.

The FSRU sustained damage on May 27 during cyclone Remal and was again damaged on July 10 after it returned from a repair yard in Singapore.

Besides chartering FSRUs, Exclerate previously delivered spot LNG cargoes to Bangladesh.

Last year, the firm signed a 15-year LNG supply deal with Petrobangla.

Under the SPA, Petrobangla has agreed to purchase 0.85 to 1 million tonnes per annum of LNG from Excelerate beginning January 2026.

Excelerate joined forces with state-owned LNG giant QatarEnergy to supply Bangladesh with LNG.

Qatar is already the largest LNG supplier to Bangladesh.