Thailand’s B.Grimm Power imports first LNG cargo

With this shipment, B.Grimm Power became the first private company in Thailand to import LNG for distribution to small power producers (SPP), according to the firm.

B.Grimm LNG, a unit of B.Grimm Power, imported 65,000 tons of LNG via PTT’s Map Ta Phut LNG terminal 1 (LMPT1) in Rayong province.

Also, the firm purchased the LNG cargo from Japan’s Sumitomo.

According to images posted by B.Grimm Power, the 2010-built 170,000-cbm, Methane Julia Louise, delivered the shipment to the LNG import facility on August 25.

Methane Julia Louise’s AIS data provided by VesselsValue shows that the vessel brought the shipment from Shell’s QCLNG plant on Curtis Island near Gladstone, Australia.

In the initial phase, B.Grimm Power will supply regasified LNG to 10 of its combined cycle co-generation power plants.

B.Grimm Power said this milestone supports the government’s natural gas liberalization policy, which will help reduce the cost of electricity generation.

Back in March 2022, B.Grimm LNG signed a terminal use deal with a unit of state-owned oil and gas firm PTT to use that latter’s Map Ta Phut LNG import terminal in Rayong province.

Prior to that, B.Grimm LNG has been authorized to import up to 1.20 million tons of LNG per year.

Earlier this year, Thailand’s Gulf Energy Development and Ratch launched the first gas-fueled unit at their Hin Kong power plant following the arrival of the maiden LNG cargo at PTT’s second Map Ta Phut LNG terminal.

Hin Kong Power, a joint venture owned 51 percent by Ratch and 49 percent by Gulf Energy, received on February 28 its first LNG shipment at PTT’s Map Ta Phut Terminal 2 (LMPT 2), also known as the Nong Fab LNG terminal.

Last year, Saipem and its partner CTCI completed PTT’s Nong Fab LNG import plant in Thailand, the country’s second such facility.

This 7.5 mtpa terminal adds to PTT’s first Map Ta Phut LNG terminal (LMPT 1) with a capacity of 11.5 mtpa.