FGEN Batangas FSRU

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FGEN Batangas FSRU is a floating regasification storage unit (FSRU) import terminal under construction in the Philippines.[1]

Location

The terminal is located offshore in Santa Rita, Batangas, Batangas province, Philippines.

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Project details

  • Operator:
  • Owner: First Gen [80%]; Tokyo Gas [20%][1][2]
  • Parent company: First Gen [80%]; Tokyo Gas [20%][1][2]
  • Vessel Owner: BW LNG[3][4]
  • Vessel Parent: BW Gas[3]
  • Vessel name: BW Paris[5]
  • Location: Santa Rita, Batangas, Batangas province, Philippines
  • Coordinates: 13.7707075, 121.0354947 (approximate)
  • Capacity: 0.5 bcf/d[6]
  • Status: Construction
  • Type: Import[7]
  • Start year: 2023[8]
  • Cost:
  • Financing:
  • Associated infrastructure: FGEN Batangas LNG Terminal

Background

This terminal is described as an "interim" import unit that appears to be in addition to the proposed FGEN Batangas LNG Terminal.[7] As of July 2023, the FGEN Batangas LNG Terminal appears to be a jetty aimed at servicing the FSRUs and LNG carriers without its own regasification facilities.[9]

In March 2020, FGEN submitted an application to build the interim FSRU terminal to the Department of Energy (DOE), with an expected commissioning date of 2022.[10]

In early 2021, an executive at First Gen noted they would implement the construction by modifying the existing liquid fuel facilities built several years ago at the site.[1] As of January 2021, engineering work for the terminal was under way and construction work was expected to begin in March 2021.[11]

Construction ultimately began in June 2021.[12] It was on track to be finished by the end of September 2022.[1] In May 2022, this timeline was updated to see construction completed by the end of October or beginning of November, 2022.[13]

In June 2022, First Gen and BW agreed to a new delivery date for the FSRU BW Paris due to the delayed completion of the import terminal. The FSRU will be delivered in March 2023 instead of September 2022.[14]

FSRU BW Paris was renamed BW Batangas FSRU in 2022.

In June 2023, the BW Batangas FSRU arrived at the site.[15]

Environmental and social impacts

Environmental groups are opposed to the project, given its likely impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity in the Verde Islands Passage.[16]

Articles and resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "First Gen to complete LNG terminal projects in 2022". Storage Terminals Mag. Retrieved 2022-05-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "First Gen selects three Batangas FSRU finalists". Oil & Gas Journal. Retrieved 2022-05-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 First Gen awards Batangas FSRU deal to BW. LNG Prime. April 5, 2021.
  4. "BW Paris in the Phillipines". BW Group. 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  5. Staff, LNG Prime (2022-06-16). "First Gen, BW agree new FSRU delivery date due to Batangas terminal delay". LNG Prime. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  6. Habibic, Ajsa (2023-06-23). "First Gen welcomes BW Batangas FSRU in the Philippines". offshore-energy.biz.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. 7.0 7.1 "New liquefied natural gas terminal to supplement PH fuel supply". pna.gov.ph. Retrieved 2022-05-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. Staff, LNG Prime (2022-06-16). "First Gen, BW agree new FSRU delivery date due to Batangas terminal delay". LNG Prime. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  9. First Gen (2022). "2021 Integrated Report" (PDF). firstgen.com.ph.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. First Gen seeks DoE nod to build LNG import terminal, Business World, Mar. 6, 2020
  11. Jordeene B. Lagare, First Gen to construct LNG terminal in March, The Manila Times, Jan. 22, 2021
  12. "Southeast Asia scrambles for LNG with gas fields tapping out". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  13. "2 LNG projects reaching completion, 4 delayed -- DOE". Manila Bulletin. 2022-05-14. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  14. Staff, LNG Prime (2022-06-16). "First Gen, BW agree new FSRU delivery date due to Batangas terminal delay". LNG Prime. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  15. "First Gen welcomes BW Batangas FSRU in the Philippines". LNG Industry. 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  16. "ProtectVIP". protectVIP. Retrieved 2022-05-06.

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