AG&P, a subsidiary of Gas Entec, has completed the conversion of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to build the world’s first operational Modular LNG Floating Storage and Regasification (M-FSRU) unit for KARMOL.
GAS Entec converted the 125.000 cbm LNG carrier into an 84 mmscfd M-FSRU with a scaling capacity of 15 to 300 mmscfd per unit. The ship will serve KARMOL, a joint attempt between Turkish Karpowership and Japanese Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL).
GAS Entec converted the 125.000 cbm LNG carrier into an 84 mmscfd M-FSRU with a scaling capacity of 15 to 300 mmscfd per unit. The ship will serve KARMOL, a joint attempt between Turkish Karpowership and Japanese Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL).
The Ayşegül Sultan power plant previously used heavy fuel oil to meet about 15 percent of the West African nation’s energy demand.
In a record period, GAS Entec designed a sea-based M-FSRU LNG regasification terminal to include several attractive innovations:
– Scalability: GAS Entec’s patented regastainer technology offers the flexibility of upward and downscaling from 15 to 300 mmscfd with a minimized hitch of FSRU’s capacity and allows the ship to be reused as the power requirements in a market increase.
– Low operating cost: Special technology and design, which significantly reduces the load of various pumps, significantly reduces operating costs.
– Easy Maintenance: Tanks, pumps, and RegasTainer are specially designed for easy maintenance and made high usability requirements to be applied and appropriate.
KARMOL’s Board Member Gökhan Koçak said, “This is a great moment for KARMOL and Africa. With the success of M-FSRU, Senegal will be the first country to switch to clean gas energy in West Africa and change high emissions with LNG… We will reliably deliver regasification LNG to KarpowerShips’ floating power barge and proudly pass. We will bring this clean energy to the Senegal country with a commercially challenging, high growth rate.”
Chong-Ho Kwak, CEO of GAS Entec, also said: “We are honored to have been asked to design and manage the conversion of the LNG carrier to a modular FSRU. We are very excited to deliver this important clean-floating, scalable terminal to Senegal, which makes the Gas-to-Powership project of Karpowership operational, a leader in Africa and the world.”
Karpowership has been meeting about 15 percent of Senegal’s electricity needs since August 2019, with the Ayşegül Sultan Powership with a capacity of 235 MW.
According to the Africa Energy Outlook 2019 report, 69 percent of the population in Senegal has access to electricity, while this rate is 92 percent in urban areas, it remains at 42 percent in rural areas. The Senegalese state aims to increase the population’s access to electricity by 100 percent by 2025. To achieve this, it focuses on reducing reliance on imported liquid fuels and reducing electricity generation costs by increasing electricity access rates in rural areas.