Bahrain is set to award a US$400mn contract to build a floating LNG (FLNG) terminal off the country’s northeast coast in November
Bahrain’s energy minister Abdulhussain Mirza said that the LNG terminal will be constructed near Khalifa Bin Salman Port and is expected to be operational and able to receive ship deliveries of LNG by Q1 2018, according to a report in Gulf Daily News.
“This will allow us to import 11.3mn standard cu/m of gas per day with flexibility to expand it to 22.6mn standard cu/m per day. This will be a complete solution for Bahrain’s gas requirements and the country will never be short on the quantity of gas needed,” he added.
It was reported earlier this year that the National Oil and Gas Authority (Noga) was planning to build the floating LNG terminal to augment gas production. “The bidding closed in January for the provision, which is a combination of an LNG floating storage unit and an onshore re-gasification plant,” said Mirza.
