LNG

Feb 18 (LNGJ) - Excelerate Energy, the US operator of floating storage and regasification units, and Norwegian energy company Equinor completed the first ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of liquefied natural gas in The Bahamas. Excelerate said the FSRU “Exemplar” and Equinor’s LNG carrier “Arctic Voyager” conducted the operation while moored at Equinor’s South Riding Point storage and trans-shipment terminal on Grand Bahama.

“Excelerate conducted the industry’s first commercial STS transfer of LNG in 2007 and since then STS transfers have been completed and proven safe in a wide range of environments, now including The Bahamas,” stated Excelerate’s Chief Commercial Officer Daniel Bustos. “This new STS location allows us to provide additional commercial flexibility to our customers and respond to prompt market needs in a safe and reliable manner,” added Bustos.