Brazil’s Energy Ministry has authorised Petrobras to re-export cargoes from its floating LNG terminals at Guanabara Bay near Rio de Janeiro and Pecem in the north.
The government-controlled company will be able to offload up to 3.2 million cubic metres of previously imported LNG, the equivalent of some 19 cargoes, over a period of a year.
Officials said re-exports are only permitted when the country’s gas demand is fully met.
Golar LNG vessels are operating as floating storage and regasification units at both of Brazil’s terminals using across-the-dock configurations.
Re-exporting from the units is likely to be limited because the operator will only be able to use the existing FSRU and possibly another visiting vessel as LNG storage.
