US FSRU player Excelerate Energy now estimates capital costs for Iraq’s first LNG terminal to range between $520 million and $550 million, inclusive of the cost of the newbuild FSRU, according to CEO Steven Kobos.
LNG Prime Annual Subscription Membership Required
You must be a LNG Prime Annual Subscription member to access this content.
French energy giant TotalEnergies said on Monday that Papua LNG has achieved "major" contractual and commercial milestones, marking "decisive" steps towards a final investment decision. These include completing the EPC tendering process and transferring Papua LNG operatorship to US energy giant ExxonMobil, operator of the PNG LNG project.
Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua has hosted a naming ceremony for two 174,000-cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers it built for Japan’s K Line and Malaysia’s Petronas.
Atlantic spot LNG shipping rates rose for the first time in seven weeks, rising $3,750 week-on-week to $15,500 per day, according to Spark Commodities.
US FSRU player Excelerate Energy confirmed that it has signed a seven-year charter agreement with a unit of Canadian firm Frontera Energy to deploy its FSRU to a new LNG import terminal under development in Colombia. Excellerate also confirmed that it purchased a TFDE LNG carrier to convert it to an FSRU.
A unit of Canadian firm Frontera Energy has entered into a deal with a US-based FSRU player to charter one floating storage and regasification unit which will be installed in Cartagena, Colombia. The company also entered into a take-or-pay agreement with Colombia's state-owned energy firm Ecopetrol to provide integrated logistics and LNG regasification services.