Turkey’s new FSRU almost complete

Turkey’s state-owned gas importer Botas, a unit of Turkish Petroleum Corp, expects to receive a brand new floating storage and regasification unit by the year-end.

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries is still testing the FSRU named Ertugrul Gazi, Botas said in a statement posted on its website.

Once the Korean yard wraps up testing, the vessel will head for Turkey where it is expected by the end of this year.

Botas said it owns the vessel and will use it to replace an existing chartered vessel at the Dortyol terminal in Hatay on Turkey’s East Mediterranean coast.

The new vessel has a regasification capacity of 28 million cubic meters per day and a storage capacity of 170,000 cubic meters.

To remind, the Dortyol facility currently uses the 263,000-cbm MOL FSRU Challenger, world’s largest such vessel.

Besides this vessel, there is also one other FSRU operating in Turkey at the privately-owned Etki terminal in Aliaga, Izmir. The 170,000-cbm Turquoise belongs to Pardus Energy.

Thanks to the FSRUs, Turkey has the ability to receive gas from different countries or spot market, contrary to the limited pipeline gas supplies, Botas said.

- Advertisements -

Most Popular

Knutsen takes delivery of LNG carrier chartered by Shell

Norwegian shipowner Knutsen has taken delivery of a new Shell-chartered LNG carrier from South Korea’s Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries. Knutsen...

QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil provide update on Golden Pass LNG construction

QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil released the latest construction update for their giant Golden Pass LNG export plant on the US...

SK E&S, Honeywell UOP team up to capture carbon from LNG power plants

South Korea’s SK E&S is joining forces with US tech firm Honeywell UOP to capture carbon from LNG-fueled power...

More News Like This

QatarEnergy eyes orders for giant LNG carriers

State-owned LNG giant QatarEnergy is planning a major order of Q-Max LNG carriers at yards in South Korea and...

KR OKs HD Hyundai Heavy’s LNG-powered VLGC design

South Korean shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has secured an approval in principle from compatriot classification society Korean...

Turkey’s Botas pens gas supply deal with Hungary’s MVM

Turkey’s state-owned natural gas and LNG firm, Botas, has signed a natural gas supply deal with Hungarian energy company...

Hyundai Heavy to build LNG carrier duo for about $530 million

South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has won a contract to build two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers...