PetroSA of South Africa plans to issue an international tender in August for liquefied natural gas imports for up to 1.2 mtpa.
The company has last year contracted WorleyParsons to conduct both the feasibility study and Front- End Engineering Design (FEED) of a new LNG import facility in Mossel Bay.
PetroSA aims to import LNG to supplement dwindling gas reserves at the company’s Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) refinery in Mossel Bay.
The project has previously encountered various challenges, among them its commercial viability.
The company’s revised proposal involves the importation of LNG into Mossel Bay through a floating LNG facility.
The FLNG comprises a breakwater and berth structure allowing a permanently moored FSRU to discharge vaporised LNG into a sub-sea and an overland pipeline leading to the Mossel Bay Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) refinery.
[mappress] LNG World News Staff, July 18, 2013; Image: PetroSA