방글라데시 마타바리 육상 LNG터미널 프로젝트 입찰 동향 Bangladesh scraps new floating LNG projects for land-based terminals

Bangladesh scraps new floating LNG projects for land-based terminals

By Ruma Paul and Jessica Jaganathan

* Adverse weather makes it difficult to operate FSRU - official

* Scraps plans for additional FSRUs including two projects

* Received 5 bids for proposed land-based terminal

방글라데시 마타바리 육상 LNG터미널 프로젝트 입찰 동향    페트로방글라의 자회사인 RPGCL(Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Co. Ltd.)은 방글라데시 해안의 악천후로 현재 계획 중인 모든 FSRU의 개발을 취소할 예정이라고 지난 11월 26일 밝혔다.  일본 미쓰이, 오사카가스, 제라(JERA),  삼성물산, 포스코대우 등 5개 업체 쇼트리스트 선정 여기에 2019년 3월 시운전 예정인 서밋그룹과 미쓰비시의 부유식 LNG터미널은 제외되었다. FSRU방식을 취소하게 된 이유는 방글라데시 최초의 모헤스칼리 부유식 터미널(FSRU) 프로젝트와 관련, 미국 엑셀러레이트 에너지(Excelerate Energy)가 공급한 FSRU가 지난 4월에 모헤스칼리 항에 도착했으나, 악천후와 기술적인 문제로 수개월 동안 시운전이 이루어지지 못하고 있었기 때문인 것으로 보인다.  이에 따라 페트로방글라는 연산 750만 톤의 마타바리(Matarbari)육상 LNG터미널 프로젝트 개발을 진행하고 있으며, 일본의 미쓰이, 오사카가스, 제라(JERA), 삼성물산, 포스코대우 등 5개 업체를 쇼트리스트로 선정한 것으로 알려지고 있다. 자료: 조성환/중동EPC컨설턴트

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DHAKA/SINGAPORE, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Bangladesh will scrap plans to build additional floating liquefied natural gas import (LNG) terminals in favour of land-based stations, a senior government official said.

Adverse weather is making it difficult to operate the country’s sole floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) and, hence, Bangladesh does not plan to build any further FSRU projects, said Mohammad Quamruzzaman, managing director of the Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Co.

His firm is in charge of LNG imports at state-owned oil firm Petrobangla.

“We will not go for more floating LNG projects at this time. One is already online and another is expected to start in March next year,” he told Reuters.

The South Asian nation began importing LNG from Qatar on a regular basis in September through the country’s first FSRU operated by privately owned U.S. company Excelerate.

The FSRU arrived in April for commissioning at the port of Moheshkhali near the city of Cox’s Bazar but its start-up was delayed by several months due to technical problems and bad weather.

A second FSRU project, operated by Summit Corp with Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp as a partner, is expected to start operations in March next year, doubling the country’s import capacity to 7.5 million tonnes a year.

Scrapped FSRU projects will include a project by India’s Reliance Power and another by a consortium comprising Hongkong Shanghai Manjala Power and Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Bhd, Quamruzzaman said.

Reliance did not reply to requests for comment while Hong Kong Shanghai Manjala Power declined to comment. Petroliam Nasional did not immediately respond to a comment request.

Rupantarita Prakritik has short-listed five companies for a proposed land-based terminal that can import 7.5 million tonnes per year of LNG, including Japan’s Mitsui, Osaka Gas and JERA, and two other Korean companies, said Quamruzzaman.

The terminal could be built at Matarbari in Cox’s Bazar, though the details are not yet firm, he said.

Developing countries that have sought LNG supplies have adopted FSRU terminals since they are typically about half the cost of land-based terminals, twice as quick to deliver and can be moved to other destinations when they are no longer needed.

While upfront capital costs for land-based terminals are more expensive, operating costs for FSRUs are more because of potentially high charter rates for the ships, said Poorna Rajendran, a senior analyst at consultancy FGE.

While Bangladesh does have extreme weather conditions during the monsoon period, “with an adequate breakwater, this should typically not impact operations,” said Nicholas Browne, director of Asia-Pacific gas and LNG at Wood Mackenzie.

Breakwaters are structures built near the coast to protect a harbour or beach from waves caused by adverse weather. (Reporting by Ruma Paul in DHAKA and Jessica Jaganathan in SINGAPORE; additional reporting by A. Ananthalakshmi in KUALA LUMPUR; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)

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