LNG

April 5 (LNGJ) - Hoegh LNG, the Norwegian shipping and project company, has taken delivery of its eighth floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), the “Hoegh Esperanza”. It was constructed at Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea and designed for open, combined and closed-loop regasification operations. It has a storage capacity of 170 000 cubic metres of LNG and regasification throughput of 750 million standard cubic feet per day. It is also equipped with a GTT Mark III membrane containment system and dual-fuel diesel-electric propulsion. “Hoegh LNG is currently in advanced negotiations for intermediate employment of ‘Hoegh Esperanza’ on a combined FSRU and LNGC contract with seasonal use in FSRU mode until the anticipated start date of its intended long-term FSRU contract in Chile,” said the company.