Excelerate Energy and Norway’s Equinor Energy say they have completed the first ever ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of LNG in the Bahamas.
The transfer was carried out between Excelerate’s 151,072-cbm FSRU Exemplar (built 2010) and Equinor’s 143,000-cbm Arctic Voyager (built 2006).
It took place at Equinor’s South Riding Point storage and transshipment terminal in the Caribbean nation, Excelerate said in a statement.
Up to now, the South Riding Point facility has typically been used for crude and oil products.
“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,” said Excelerate 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.”
Excelerate recently completed its 1,500th commercial STS transfer on 3 February 2019, at the Engro Elengy Terminal in Port Qasim, Pakistan.
To date, it says it has transferred over 170.9m-cbm of LNG using its STS protocol — of the 1,500 operations, more than 1,300 have been with third-party vessels.
