Vires Energy drops FSRU plans, puts focus on developing LNG power plant

Vires Energy, a unit of A Brown, has dropped plans to build an FSRU-based LNG import terminal in Batangas, Philippines. The firm aims to source natural gas from third parties to supply its planned LNG power plant.

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