Moheshkhali FLNG Terminal (Petrobangla)
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Moheshkhali FLNG Terminal is a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal off the coast of southwest Chittagong, Bangladesh. Also known as MFLNG, it is Bangladesh's first import LNG terminal.[1]
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Location
The below satellite image shows the location of the terminal offshore Bangladesh's Moheshkhali Island in the Bay of Bengal.
Project Details
- Owner: Excelerate Energy L.P.
- Parent: Petrobangla
- Location: Moheshkhali Island, Cox's Bazar District, Chittagong, Bangladesh
- Coordinates: 21.25, 91.59 (approximate)
- Capacity: 5 mtpa,[2] 0.5 bcfd[3]
- Status: Operating
- Type: Import
- Start Year: 2018
Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day
Background
On July 18, 2016, Petrobangla, the state-owned Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation, signed a deal with Texas-based Excelerate Energy for construction of Bangladesh's first LNG terminal—a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU)—at Moheshkhali Island in the Bay of Bengal.[4]
In August 2018, the terminal entered into commercial operation, becoming Bangladesh's first LNG import terminal.[1] The new terminal enables Petrobangla to procure LNG to increase natural supply to the country by 20 percent. Excelerate will own and operate the terminal for 15 years, after which the company will transfer ownership to Petrobangla.[5]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Excelerate Energy Commissions Bangladesh’s First LNG Import Terminal Excelerate Energy, Aug. 2018.
- ↑ Moheshkhali Floating LNG Terminal A Barrel Full, accessed April 2017.
- ↑ Moheshkhali Floating LNG Excelerate Energy, accessed December 2019.
- ↑ "Moheshkhali to have largest LNG plant" Bangladesh Post, Aug 3, 2017.
- ↑ "Bangladesh's First LNG Import Terminal Commissioned" The Maritime Executive, Aug. 23, 2018.
