LNG

Sri Lanka has launched a tender process to secure a floating storage and regasification unit to start imports of liquefied natural gas offshore the port of Kerawalapitiya, located north of Colombo, for use by the power industry.

China Machinery Engineering Corp (CMEC) is evaluating a 500 MW LNG-fuelled power project in Hambantota, southern Sri Lanka, which is meant to expanded to 1,000 MW at a later stage. President Maithripala Sirisena pushes for another 500 MW LNG-to-power plant just north of Colombo as he seeks to scrap coal-fired projects, or have them converted to natural gas.