Indonesia’s Lampung FSRU completes 65th STS LNG transfer

PGN LNG, a unit of PGN and the operator of the floating LNG import facility offshore Lampung, said on Monday that the new delivery sets a new record for the 170,132-cbm FSRU.

With this LNG shipment, PGN LNG completed three LNG STS transfers within one month, a new record for the terminal.

The 2004-built 138,000-cbm LNG carrier, Prima Concord, previously known as Methane Kari Elin, delivered the 65th shipment from BP’s Tangguh LNG export project in Indonesia’s Papua Barat province.

PGN LNG said the cargo of about 125,000 cbm was transferred during October 28-30.

The regasified LNG from the FSRU-based facility goes for power generation and industrial users in West Java.

Connected to a tower yoke mooring system, the FSRU delivers gas via a 21 km-long offshore pipeline.

The underutilized 2.7 mtpa facility received its 30th cargo in March 2021 and the 52nd shipment in November last year since it started operations in 2014.

The unit serves a 20-year charter deal PGN has with Hoegh Evi, previously known as Hoegh LNG.

Earlier this year, Norwegian FSRU player Hoegh LNG resolved a dispute with PGN over issues related to the Lampung FSRU charter.

Hoegh said that the two firms have agreed to “finally and irrevocably settle all of the disputes, claims, and counterclaims between the parties that gave rise to the said arbitration proceedings and agreed to terminate the arbitrations with immediate effect.”

Back in July 2021, Hoegh LNG Partners, now part of Hoegh, received a letter where PGN said it would start arbitration to “declare the charter null and void, and/or to terminate the charter, and/or seek damages.”

After that, Hoegh LNG Partners filed a countersuit against PGN.