Puerto Sandino FSRU

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Puerto Sandino FSRU is a floating LNG import terminal under development in Puerto Sandino, Nicaragua.[1][2][3]

Location

The FSRU will be moored in Puerto Sandino, Nicaragua.[4]

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Project Details

  • Owner: New Fortress Energy[1][2][3]
  • Location: Puerto Sandino, Nicaragua[4]
  • Coordinates: 12.171182, -86.767115 (approximate)
  • Capacity: 1.3 mtpa[3]
  • Type: Import[4]
  • Status: Construction[5]
  • Start Year: 2024[6][7]

Background

New Fortress Energy (NFE) is developing a 0.4 MTPA LNG-to-power project, including the 300 MW Puerto Sandino LNG Power Plant and an offshore LNG receiving, storage and regasification terminal off the coast of Puerto Sandino. In February 2020 New Fortress Energy signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Nicaragua’s electricity distribution companies to supply power produced from around 0.4 MTPA of LNG.

According to the IGU World LNG Report 2021, the project was under construction as of February 2020, and this is considered to be the construction start year.[8]

The project start-up was originally expected in the second half of 2021[9][10][11], but commissioning was repeatedly delayed.[12] In October 2021, New Fortress Energy's operations manager in Nicaragua reported that the project was 85% complete and preparing to enter a testing phase.[13] However, as of February 2022, New Fortress Energy's most recent filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission indicated that the project was still under construction.[5]

A February 2022 report from the IEEFA (Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis) cited Nicaragua's "unstable political and economic environment" as a potential impediment to development of the Puerto Sandino terminal, noting recent friction between the United States and Nicaraguan governments over questions about Nicaragua's election integrity.[14]New Fortress Energy, in its February 2022 filing with the US SEC, continued to acknowledge the possibility of "having to suspend our development or operations on a temporary or permanent basis" in response to United States and European government sanctions on Nicaragua.[5]

In October 2023, New Fortress Energy announced that commercial operations at the Puerto Sandino FSRU were still on track to begin in 2024.[15]

NFE's Form S-3 filing with the SEC in March 2024 only made a passing mention the Puerto Sandino project ("In addition, we are currently developing facilities in Brazil, Nicaragua, Ireland and other location.")[16]

However, in August 2024 the company's Q2 2024 results report noted that the Puerto Sandino terminal was 90% complete and expected to begin service in the fourth quarter of 2024.[6][7]


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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "New Fortress Energy Form 10K (p 57)". US Federal Securities & Exchange Commission. March 1, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Q1 2023 Investor Presentation (p 6)". New Fortress Energy. May 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "2024 World LNG Report (p 161)". IGU. 2024-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Christopher E. Smith, New Fortress takes FID on modular liquefaction, advances regas projects, Oil & Gas Journal, March 17, 2021
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Form 10-K: New Fortress Energy Inc". US Securities and Exchange Commission. February 28, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Q2 2024 Investor Presentation (p 7)". New Fortress Energy. 2024-08-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. 7.0 7.1 "New Fortress Energy Announces Second Quarter 2024 Results August 9, 2024 at 7:00 AM EDT". New Fortress Energy. 2024-08-09. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 58 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. https://www.igu.org/resources/world-lng-report-2021/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. GIIGNL 2021 Annual Report, accessed May 5, 2021
  10. "Annual Investor Update". New Fortress Energy. July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "New Fortress Energy". Enatrel. Retrieved 2022-03-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "New Fortress Energy builds gas plant, risks involvement with sanctioned parties". Confidencial. October 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "New Fortress Energy: Más del 85 % de avance en construcción de planta de gas - Nicaragua". TN8 / YouTube. October 5, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "New Fortress Energy: Promises to Keep" (PDF). IEEFA. February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. "GIIGNL Annual Report 2024 (p 45)" (PDF). GIIGNL. 2024-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. "FORM S-3 New Fortress Energy Inc". US Securities & Exchange Commission. 2024-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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