LNG

Italian energy engineering company Saipem was awarded a joint venture contract with CTCI Corp. of Taiwan to construct Thailand’s new Nong Fab LNG import terminal, the nation’s second regasification facility.

Qatargas, the leading liquefied natural gas producer, has signed an accord to cooperate in the LNG business with the main electric power generating company of Thailand, including being a future supplier of additional volumes to the Asian nation.


Fluor Corp. of the US has started the front-end engineering and design work for a project planned by Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) to deploy a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) and build associated facilities in the northern Gulf of Thailand.

Marubeni Corp., the Japanese trading house with stakes in liquefaction plants in Qatar, Equatorial Guinea as well as LNG shipping and trading interests, is studying the launch of large-scale LNG bunkering operations in Thailand at Laem Chabang, the nation’s largest industrial port.

The state-run Thailand energy company PTT has signed an agreement to purchase 2.6 million tonnes per annum of LNG from a Mozambique project after securing a stake in the latest Malaysian production Train as it is also plans to have three import terminals operating by 2022.

PTT Group, the state energy company of Thailand, has set up a trading unit called PTT Global LNG Co. to increase its marketing presence ahead of the construction of more import infrastructure to handle its future volumes from the Mozambique liquefaction project in southeast Africa and other possible ventures.