Jamaica LNG Terminal

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Summary Information

  • Ownership: Jamaica Gas Trust
  • Website:
  • Location: Port Esquivel,Jamaica
  • Capacity: 2.5 million tons/annum
  • Status: Planned

Brief Description

  • A Floating Terminal for the Receipt, Storage and Regasification of Liquefied Natural Gas

Technical Details

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Ongoing Projects/Project Status

  • A prefered bidder was chosen, but the tender was cancelled
  • A new tender process is under way
  • The terminal was commissioned in 2016

Suppliers / Customers

  • Suppliers: The Government of Jamaica has Memoranda of Understanding with the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and with the Government of Venezuela regarding the supply of natural gas.
  • Customers:
*  Initially the terminal will supply existing demand in the bauxite and energy sectors
* A new 360-megawatt LNG-fired plant is to be commissioned in 2014

History

  • 2007 - PCJ issued a worldwide Invitation to Pre-Qualify for the provision of an FSRU for Jamaica
  • 2009 - PCJ issued an Request For Proposal (RFP) for the financing, development, ownership and operation of an FSRU LNG Regasification Terminal and Natural Gas Transportation System
  • 2010 - EXMAR and its consortium were selected as Preferred Bidder
  • 2011 - A short list of 6 companies were chosen in the first round of bidding

Other Information

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Links

  1. EXMAR and its consortium were selected as Preferred Bidder by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ).
  2. Invitation to Pre-Qualify for Provision of a Floating Terminal
  3. Prequalification Document for Investors to Prequalify for the Opportunity to Provide Floating Terminal Solutions for the Receival of Liquefied Natural Gas
  4. Six Companies Respond to First Stage RFPs for LNG Supply
  5. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Floating Storage & Regasification Terminal