Summit FSRU
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Summit FSRU is a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal off the coast of southwest Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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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: Summit LNG Terminal Company
- Parent: Summit Power International (75%), Mitsubishi (25%)
- Location: Moheshkhali Island, Cox's Bazar District, Chittagong, Bangladesh
- Coordinates: 21.55, 91.95 (approximate)
- Capacity: 3.5 mtpa, 0.5 bcfd
- Status: Operating
- Type: Import
- Start Year: 2019
Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day
Background
In January 2017, Summit Group signed an initial contract with Petrobangla to set up a liquefied natural gas terminal on Moheshkhali Island in Cox's Bazar at a cost of about US $500 million. It would have capacity of 3.5 mtpa. Summit said it would develop the floating facilities within 18 months of signing the final contract.[1][2]
In January 2019, Summit announced that it expected the FSRU to begin operations in March 2019.[3] The FSRU was commissioned in April 2019.[4]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Summit LNG Terminal The Daily Star, Jan. 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Govt to set up two land-based LNG terminals" The Daily Star, June 15, 2017.
- ↑ Bangladesh's second LNG terminal to start in March; supply faces hiccups, Reuters, Jan. 15, 2019
- ↑ Bangladesh’s Second LNG Terminal Commissioned Excelerate Energy, May 1, 2019.
