Predator FSRU

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Predator FSRU, also known as Mag Mell FSRU, is a proposed LNG import terminal in Ireland.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Predator FSRU	Ireland	51.264274, -8.045619 (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
Predator FSRU	import	proposed	1.91 mtpa	1.91 mtpa	True	Corrib Oil and Gas Field

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Predator FSRU	import	–	–

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
Predator FSRU	import	proposed	2020	–	–	–	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Predator FSRU	import	proposed	Predator Oil & Gas [100%]	Predator Oil & Gas [100.0%]	–

Background

In September 2020, Predator Oil & Gas completed its timeline for commissioning the floating LNG import terminal in Ireland, with first gas deliveries from the project expected in the first half of 2024.

The company said it had made progress with regulatory authorities, gas infrastructure owners, gas buyers and the FSRU provider "to establish an offshore LNG opportunity for Ireland to import LNG that does not use shale gas as a LNG feedstock." That is key to the project's success after the new Irish government said in June 2020 that it did not support the import of "fracked gas" and would develop a policy to establish that position.

In March 2021, Predator's CEO Paul Griffiths claimed the project was being "accelerated" in light of advances in the regulatory process.

In June 2021, Predator said that a consultancy acting on its behalf had prepared and submitted a report about the project proposal to the Draft Cork County Development Plan 2021 for public consultation. The company has named the project 'Mag Mell' after the mythical Irish kingdom beneath the ocean. An Irish government imposed moratorium on the development of all LNG import terminals remains in place until the end of 2021 when a review of Ireland's energy supply security is expected to be completed.

In May 2022, Predator Oil and Gas urged the Irish government to approve the Mag Mell FSRU project to bolster the security of its national gas supply in the face of the Russia-Ukraine war. In promoting the project, Predator CEO Paul Griffiths noted that Ireland currently has no LNG infrastructure and is 100% dependent for gas supply on the Corrib Oil and Gas Field (the country's lone producing domestic field), together with imports from the United Kingdom. As currently proposed by Predator, the project would involve mooring a pair of FSRUs (floating storage and regasification units) 50 km off the Cork coast, and transporting gas to shore via the currently disused Kinsale Head gas pipeline.

As of July 2024, there have been no project updates in over two years, and the project is presumed to be shelved.

In May 2025, Predator Oil & Gas provided an operational update it which it said, "The Mag Mell FSRU desktop LNG project is being updated in preparation to present in Ireland as the preferred option to address the ongoing debate concerning the security of energy supply." The project was once again considered to be proposed.

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