SLNG terminal ready for small LNG ships

The small-scale LNG (SSLNG) facility, completed on 13 February, is designed to help spur on the development of the small-scale LNG market in various forms; for example, in the supply of LNG to isolated power plants in remote areas in the region, or in the delivery of LNG as bunker fuel to ships in the Port of Singapore.

Sandeep Mahawar, interim CEO and vice president (commercial) of SLNG, commented: “We believe that there is good potential for the small-scale LNG market to flourish in this part of the world, and the timely completion of the SSLNG Facility is an important step forward in SLNG’s efforts to support this growth.

“It also serves to promote the development of LNG bunkering in Singapore, which is another potential growth area given Singapore’s already well-established reputation as the top bunkering port in the world. As demand builds and there is a viable business case, SLNG may consider installing topsides at its Tertiary Jetty to accommodate more SSLNG reloads.”

Beyond Cardissa

In June 2017, SLNG performed its first small-scale gas-up/cool-down and reload operation for the Shell-owned 6,500m3 LNG bunker vessel Cardissa using the secondary jetty at the Jurong Island terminal, originally designed to accommodate LNG ships of 60,000m3 to 265,000m3 in size.

To better support small-scale LNG and LNG bunkering, SLNG then commenced modification works to its secondary jetty so that even smaller LNG ships could reload at the terminal. The modifications include the installation of a new marine loading arm and gangway, and new facilities for securing small LNG ships at the jetty.