Revealed by Jessica Casey,
Deputy Editor
LNG Trade,
Mitsui O.S.Ok. Traces Ltd has introduced that the MOL FSRU Challenger, the world’s largest FSRU, owned by its wholly owned subsidiary MOL FSRU Terminal (Hong Kong) Ltd, has obtained the primary LNG for Hong Kong in a commissioning course of for an LNG import undertaking. The undertaking will quickly start industrial operation and provide fuel to energy crops in Hong Kong. The title of the FSRU will likely be modified to the Bauhinia Spirit.
The FSRU will likely be operated within the southern waters of Hong Kong (east of Soko Archipelago) below a long-term constitution to Hong Kong LNG Terminal Ltd, which was collectively established by two native energy firms in Hong Kong, particularly CLP Energy Hong Kong Restricted, and The Hongkong Electrical Firm, Ltd (HK Electrical). The FSRU will regasify LNG and provide pure fuel by way of two subsea pipelines to CLP Energy’s Black Level Energy Station and HK Electrical’s Lamma Energy Station. MOL FSRU Terminal (Hong Kong) Ltd will present not solely FSRU’s operation, but in addition jetty operation and upkeep companies and port-related companies.
By means of the undertaking, MOL will contribute to the achievement of the Hong Kong authorities’s decarbonisation and air high quality enchancment targets by realising the primary LNG import undertaking in Hong Kong and by considerably rising the proportion of low-carbon energy era. Moreover, leveraging the information and experience acquired by means of the undertaking, MOL goals to turn out to be extra deeply concerned in numerous worth chains from upstream to downstream within the clear vitality business, not restricted to move companies.
Learn the article on-line at: https://www.lngindustry.com/floating-lng/15062023/mol-fsru-receives-first-lng-for-hong-kong/
