Exmar NV, a Belgian shipping company, applied to the Brugge-Zeebrugge Port Authority (MBZ) to build a ship-to-ship LNG transfer installation and high-pressure natural gas discharge connection in Zeebrugge, Belgium.
The facility would resemble the Teesside Gas Port plant in the UK but also could handle the transshipment of LNG between LNG carriers. Currently, Belgium has only one conventional jetty to discharge LNG at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal operated by Fluxys SA. Exmar's project is aimed at increasing options for bringing natural gas to Belgium and strengthening the country's position as a supply and gas transit center.
Exmar is working with Ondernemingen Jan De Nul, Praxair Inc., Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., ERM Benelux in Belgium, and Ecolas NV in planning the construction and development of the facility. The infrastructure is designed for the simultaneous berthing of two LNG carriers, either conventional or regasification vessels (LNGRV) capable of regasifying LNG on board and injecting gas directly into the national distribution grid.
LNGRVs are in use at the Teeside Gas Port and at Excelerate Energy LLC's Gulf Gateway Energy Bridge Port 116 miles off Louisiana. A second offshore facility, the Northeast Gateway, is being built near Boston for commissioning at the end of this year.
Exmar and its US partner Excelerate Energy developed the LNGRV concept. The Exmar LNG fleet comprises two conventional LNG carriers and eight LNGRVs, three in service and five under construction at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering yard in Korea.
The facility would resemble the Teesside Gas Port plant in the UK but also could handle the transshipment of LNG between LNG carriers. Currently, Belgium has only one conventional jetty to discharge LNG at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal operated by Fluxys SA. Exmar's project is aimed at increasing options for bringing natural gas to Belgium and strengthening the country's position as a supply and gas transit center.
Exmar is working with Ondernemingen Jan De Nul, Praxair Inc., Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., ERM Benelux in Belgium, and Ecolas NV in planning the construction and development of the facility. The infrastructure is designed for the simultaneous berthing of two LNG carriers, either conventional or regasification vessels (LNGRV) capable of regasifying LNG on board and injecting gas directly into the national distribution grid.
LNGRVs are in use at the Teeside Gas Port and at Excelerate Energy LLC's Gulf Gateway Energy Bridge Port 116 miles off Louisiana. A second offshore facility, the Northeast Gateway, is being built near Boston for commissioning at the end of this year.
Exmar and its US partner Excelerate Energy developed the LNGRV concept. The Exmar LNG fleet comprises two conventional LNG carriers and eight LNGRVs, three in service and five under construction at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering yard in Korea.