Cameroon FLNG Terminal

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Cameroon FLNG Terminal, also known as Kribi FLNG Terminal and Hilli Episeyo FLNG Terminal, is an LNG export terminal in Cameroon with units that are operating.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
T1	Kribi Southern Coastline, Océan, Cameroon	2.935, 9.91 (approximate)
T2	Kribi Southern Coastline, Océan, Cameroon	2.935, 9.91 (approximate)
T3	Kribi Southern Coastline, Océan, Cameroon	2.935, 9.91 (approximate)
T4	Kribi Southern Coastline, Océan, Cameroon	2.935, 9.91 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
T1	export	operating	0.6 mtpa	2.4 mtpa	True	–
T2	export	operating	0.6 mtpa	2.4 mtpa	True	–
T3	export	operating	0.6 mtpa	2.4 mtpa	True	–
T4	export	operating	0.6 mtpa	2.4 mtpa	True	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
T1	export	US$300,000,000	US$1,200,000,000
T2	export	US$300,000,000	US$1,200,000,000
T3	export	US$300,000,000	US$1,200,000,000
T4	export	US$300,000,000	US$1,200,000,000

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
T1	export	operating	–	2015 (FID)	–	2018	–
T2	export	operating	–	2015 (FID)	–	2018	–
T3	export	operating	–	2015 (FID)	–	2018	–
T4	export	operating	–	2015 (FID)	–	2018	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
T1	export	operating	Keppel Corporation Ltd [10%]; Black & Veatch Holding Co [1%]; Golar LNG [89%]	Golar LNG [89.0%]; Keppel Corporation Ltd [10.0%]; Black & Veatch Holding Co [1.0%]	Golar LNG
T2	export	operating	Keppel Corporation Ltd [10%]; Black & Veatch Holding Co [1%]; Golar LNG [89%]	Golar LNG [89.0%]; Keppel Corporation Ltd [10.0%]; Black & Veatch Holding Co [1.0%]	Golar LNG
T3	export	operating	Keppel Corporation Ltd [10%]; Black & Veatch Holding Co [1%]; Golar LNG [89%]	Golar LNG [89.0%]; Keppel Corporation Ltd [10.0%]; Black & Veatch Holding Co [1.0%]	Golar LNG
T4	export	operating	Keppel Corporation Ltd [10%]; Black & Veatch Holding Co [1%]; Golar LNG [89%]	Golar LNG [89.0%]; Keppel Corporation Ltd [10.0%]; Black & Veatch Holding Co [1.0%]	Golar LNG

Table 6: Vessel ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Vessel
T1	export	operating	Hilli Episeyo
T2	export	operating	Hilli Episeyo
T3	export	operating	Hilli Episeyo
T4	export	operating	Hilli Episeyo

Background

The company Golar LNG (owned by Norwegian shipping magnate John Fredriksen) has proposed creating a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) terminal off the coast of Kribi, in the Océan Department of Cameroon. The terminal would have a capacity of 1.2 million tons per year (mtpa), or 0.17 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd).

In September 2015, Golar LNG signed an agreement with British/French oil & gas exploration company Perenco, Cameroonian state-owned oil & gas company Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH), and Russian giant Gazprom. According to the agreement, Perenco and SNH would allocate 500 billion cubic feet of natural gas from their offshore Sanaga Sud and Ebome gas fields. Golar would operate its LNG vessel (which would be converted to an FLNG terminal), and Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore would be responsible for marketing the gas. The FLNG platform was scheduled to start delivering LNG in the second half of 2017.

In January 2017, the news broke that SNH was pulling out of the project. The LNG trading source that broke the story said "“I’m not entirely sure what happens when the state energy company pulls out of an export project."

However, in June of 2018, Golar LNG said it had started commercial operations at the FLNG project in Cameroon, $70 million under budget. The vessel, Hilli Episeyo, was converted from a 1975-built Moss LNG carrier and designed with a liquefaction capacity of 2.4 mtpa.

In February 2023, New Fortress Energy agreed to sell its entire interest in the project to Golar LNG.

The FLNG Hilli Episeyo charter ends in 2026. In 2025, Golar LNG signed a 20-year charter for the vessel to operate off the coast of Argentina.

Golar LNG confirmed it was not interested in extending its contract with Perenco due to a capacity cap limiting the earning potentials of the vessel. Unless a new charter is secured, the Cameroon FLNG project will cease operations in 2026.

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