Qatargas has delivered the first Q-Flex cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the ‘Summit LNG’ Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) located offshore Bangladesh.
The cargo, aboard Qatargas-chartered ‘Al Safliya’, was loaded at Ras Laffan Port on December 27 last year and delivered to the FSRU on January 14.
This is the first commercial open water ship-to-ship transfer involving a Q-Flex vessel delivering to Petrobangla at their Summit LNG Terminal (SLNG).
SLNG is a project jointly developed by Excelerate Energy and the Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) on a build, own and operate basis. The FSRU ‘Summit LNG’ is under a 15-year charter deal to Petrobangla and carried the inaugural LNG cargo from Qatar in April 2018.
‘Al Safliya’ is a Q-Flex class LNG vessel with an overall cargo capacity of 210,000 cubic metres.
The deliveries to Petrobangla are made under a long-term Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) signed in September 2017 between Qatargas and Petrobangla to supply up to 2.5mn tonnes of LNG annually for 15 years.
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The cargo, aboard Qatargas-chartered ‘Al Safliya’, was loaded at Ras Laffan Port on December 27 last year and delivered to the FSRU on January 14.