Suape FSRU

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Suape FSRU , also known as Regás, is a proposed LNG terminal in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.

Location

The Suape LNG Terminal consists of a FSRU (floating storage and regasification unit) located at the port of Suape on Brazil's Atlantic coast in Pernambuco state.[1]

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Project Details

  • Operator: Aruanã Energia[2]
  • Owner: Aruanã Energia[2]
  • Parent: OnCorp[3][4][5]
  • Location: Porto de Suape, Pernambuco, Brazil
  • Coordinates: -8.398179, -34.959574 (exact)[1]
  • Capacity: 11 million cubic meters per day[6]
  • Status: Construction[6][7]
  • Type: Import
  • Start Year: 2024[5][7]
  • Cost: 2 billion BRL[6][7]
  • Associated infrastructure: Termopernambuco power station[7]

Background

In 2000, Petrobras and Shell incorporated a 50/50% joint venture named GNL do Nordeste to build an LNG receiving and regaseification terminal at the port of Suape, in the state of Pernambuco on Brazil's northeastern coast.[8] However, the project never got off the ground.

In March 2020, Golar Power confirmed its intention to invest R$ 1.8 billion in the construction of a new LNG import terminal at Suape port. According to Golar's plan, LNG from the terminal would be transported in truck-mounted LNG ISO containers to customers within a 1000-kilometer radius in Pernambuco's interior.[9] It was estimated that up to 480,000 cubic meters of LNG per day could eventually be transported in this way.[1] Golar also planned to sell gas from its proposed Suape terminal to natural gas distributors, power plants, and other large companies.[10] In July 2020, Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy authorized Golar Power to import up to 5.5 million cubic meters of gas per day through the port of Suape for a period of three years.[1][10]

In late July 2020, Golar signed an agreement to supply gas to Pernambuco-based gas distribution company Copergás (Companhia Pernambucana de Gás Natural). Under terms of the agreement, Golar would transport 40,000 cubic meters of LNG per day in ISO containers from Suape to a regasification terminal to be built by Golar in the city of Petrolina, while Copergás would construct a 40-kilometer distribution pipeline from the regasification terminal to supply customers in the surrounding area.[1][11][12] In April 2021, Golar Power was acquired by US-based New Fortress Energy.[13][14]

In December 2020, CH4 Energia, a separate subsidiary of New Fortress Energy, signed a memorandum of understanding with the state government of Pernambuco calling for installation of a 21 million m3 per day FSRU (floating storage and regasification unit) in the Port of Suape, which would supply the Ressurreição power station currently under development at the port.[15][16][17] As of May 2021, New Fortress hoped to begin commercial operations at Suape in the first quarter of 2022.[18]

In April 2021, Aruaña Energia, a subsidiary of Oncorp Group, submitted yet another proposal for an FSRU-based import terminal at Suape.[2][19] Oncorp's proposed terminal was designed to feed gas into the Copergás distribution network in accordance with gas supply agreements made between Copergás, Oncorp and Shell in 2019 and 2020[19][20], and to eventually supply Oncorp's proposed Termosuape power station.[19] In July 2021 Aruaña Energia received authorization to import up to 14 million cubic meters of gas per day through the Port of Suape[21]; the imported LNG was to be sourced from the United States or Trinidad and Tobago, with commercial operations at the Suape terminal to begin in 2022.[19][21]

By September 2021 five companies - New Fortress Energy (NFE), OnCorp (Aruaña Energia), Cosan (Compass Gás e Energia), TotalEnergies and Sonne Energias Renováveis - had announced plans to compete for rights to develop the multi-use pier at Suape port where the FSRU would be docked.[2][22][23] However, as of February 2022 the bidding process remained suspended due to administrative disputes about the terms of the proposed contract for converting the pier.[24][25]

In October 2022, OnCorp emerged as the winning bidder among the five companies competing for rights to build the Suape LNG import and regasification terminal.[3] The company was granted a 48-month lease to operate its FSRU at Suape's mixed-use pier.[5] Plans called for installation of the FSRU to be completed by the end of 2023, with the terminal supplying up to 11 million cubic meters of gas per day to the Termopernambuco power station and other customers in the region.[6]

Construction work on the new terminal began in December 2022, with start-up now reportedly delayed until 2024.[7] In an interview with Movimento Econômico, João Mattos, CEO of OnCorp, said that operations at the terminal would almost certainly extend for another two decades beyond the initial 48-month lease, noting that OnCorp's gas supply contract with the Termopernambuco power plant was for a period of 15 years.[7]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Terminais de GNL no Brasil (pp 17-18)" (PDF). EPE (Empresa de Pesquisa Energética). October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Two LNG projects for the Port of Suape". Brazil Energy Insight. July 27, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 "OnCorp selected to build Brazil LNG terminal". Argus Media. October 20, 2022.
  4. "A corrida por novos terminais de GNL no Brasil". EPBR. September 22, 2022.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "GIIGNL Annual Report 2023 (p 54)" (PDF). GIIGNL. July 13, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Pernambuco e Oncorp assinam contrato de R$ 2 bilhões para novo terminal de GNL em Suape". MegaWhat ⚡. December 16, 2022.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 "Obras do Regás, em Suape, começam próximo dia 19. O investimento é de R$ 2 bi". Movimento Econômico. December 16, 2022.
  8. "BNamericas - GNL do Nordeste Ltda. (GNL do Nordeste)". BNamericas.com. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  9. "Golar Power develops an LNG import terminal in the Port of Suape". The International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers. March 16, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Golar Power é autorizada a importar GNL para terminais em Pernambuco e Bahia". Reuters. July 13, 2020.
  11. "Golar assina contrato de fornecimento de GNL com a Copergás, via terminal em Suape". Suape Complexo Industrial Portuário. July 31, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "Mercado de gás | Copergás compra GNL com a Golar para levar gás ate Petrolina". EPBR. July 30, 2020.
  13. "New Fortress bursts into Brazil LNG with Golar buy". Argus Media. January 13, 2021.
  14. "New Fortress Energy acquires Hygo Energy and GMLP". Hydrocarbons Technology. April 16, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. "PITER (Plano Indicativo de Terminais de GNL)" (PDF). EPE (Empresa de Pesquisa Energética). July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. "Termelétrica vai investir R$ 3 bilhões no Complexo de Suape". Diario de Pernambuco. January 13, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. "New Fortress Energy to Acquire Power Purchase Agreements and Build LNG-to-Power Project at the Suape Port in Brazil". AP NEWS. January 13, 2021. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  18. "NFE planeja operação de terminais de GNL no Pará, Pernambuco e Santa Catarina para o 1º semestre de 20". EPBR. May 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 "Oncorp Group adds yet another Brazil LNG terminal". BNamericas. April 27, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. "ATA da 651a Reunião a Diretoria Executiva" (PDF). Copergás. March 11, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. 21.0 21.1 "ANP autoriza a Aruanã Energia a importar GNL estadounidense a Brasil". GNL Global. 2021-07-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. "Processo de Exploração do CMU para implantação de Terminal de Regaseificação de GNL". SUAPE – Complexo Industrial Portuário Governador Eraldo Gueiros. Retrieved 2022-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. "Cinco grupos disputam instalação de novo terminal de GNL em Suape". EPBR. September 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. "Antaq suspende leilão para terminal de GNL em Suape". EPBR. February 8, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. "Antaq suspende leilão para terminal de GNL em Suape/PE". Migalhas. February 15, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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