Bangladesh is set to continue its LNG imports this week after solving the problems that were caused by its floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) that resulted in the cancellation of the delivery of two cargoes.
The FSRU arrived in April ready to operate in Moheshkhali port by Cox’s Bazar. Yet, although Bangladesh’s FSRU is a permanent LNG import terminal, ship tracking data show that, since since October 29, no LNG has been discharged from Refinitiv Eikon to Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar.
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According to Reuters, a couple of cargoes were to be delivered on 7 and 15 November, but both deliveries were cancelled because the FSRU was shut down, due to problems in a hydraulic line that operates an emergency shutdown valve.
However, Mohammad Quamruzzaman, director of the Bangladeshi gas provider Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Co, said that the problems with the hydraulic line have been solved and the next cargo with 140.000 cubic-metres of LNG is set to arrive on November 21.
A second FSRU project, by Summit Corp and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp partnership, is set to start operations in March 2019, increasing by double, the country’s import capacity to 7.5 million tonnes a year.
