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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.
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: 5.26 mtpa[1]
- Status: Construction
- Type: Import[6]
- Start year: 2023[7]
- Cost: P$13.28 billion (about US$260 million)[6]
- 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.[6]
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.[8]
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.[9]
Construction ultimately began in June 2021.[10] 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.[11]
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.[12]
Environmental and social impacts
Environmental groups are opposed to the project, given its likely impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity in the Verde Islands Passage.[13]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "First Gen to complete LNG terminal projects in 2022". Storage Terminals Mag. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "First Gen selects three Batangas FSRU finalists". Oil & Gas Journal. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 First Gen awards Batangas FSRU deal to BW. LNG Prime. April 5, 2021.
- ↑ "BW Paris in the Phillipines". BW Group. 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "New liquefied natural gas terminal to supplement PH fuel supply". pna.gov.ph. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 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.
- ↑ First Gen seeks DoE nod to build LNG import terminal, Business World, Mar. 6, 2020
- ↑ Jordeene B. Lagare, First Gen to construct LNG terminal in March, The Manila Times, Jan. 22, 2021
- ↑ "Southeast Asia scrambles for LNG with gas fields tapping out". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ↑ "2 LNG projects reaching completion, 4 delayed -- DOE". Manila Bulletin. 2022-05-14. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "ProtectVIP". protectVIP. Retrieved 2022-05-06.