GAS Entec, a specialized LNG engineering company in Korea, has recently delivered a 50mmscfd Floating Regasification Unit (FRU) to the ship-owner. This FRU contract was awarded from Pelindo Energi Logistik (PEL), Indonesia at the start of last year. GAS Entec ordered construction of the FRU to Kangnam Corporation (KNC).
This renowned FRU project sees the 46meter Floating Re-Gasification Unit as the first small FRU ever built by small/medium sized shipyard. This FRU will be installed in Benoa Port, Bali Island, Indonesia and is expected to provide approximately 1,000 TPD (tons per day) of gasified natural gas to the local power plant after successful Final Performance Test.
Typically FRU has a short construction period and it has a much lower construction cost compared to FSRU. Due to these FRU’s advantages over FSRU, LNG ship-owners who were reluctant to place new orders for LNG FSRU have shown great interest in FRU.