Singapore LNG Corporation (SLNG) has procured the country's first LNG shipment from Qatargas Operating Company Limited and the cargo will be used to cool down and commission the new LNG terminal, Seatrade Asia online reports.
Singapore's new LNG terminal is expected to be ready for full and continuous operations by the second quarter of 2013.
The Qatargas cargo is scheduled to arrive in Singapore in the first quarter of 2013 and it will be progressively transferred to the terminal's storage facilities during the initial cool down process.
The S$1.7bn ($1.4bn) LNG terminal on Jurong Island will commence operations with two tanks having an initial capacity of 3.5m tonnes per annum, increasing to 6m tonnes per annum by the fourth quarter of next year once a third tank is ready.
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