Bangladesh will scrap plans to build additional floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals in favor of land-based stations, a government official said.
Adverse weather is making it difficult to operate the country's sole floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) and, hence, Bangladesh does not plan to build any further FSRU projects, he said.
His firm is in charge of LNG imports at state-owned oil firm Petrobangla.
“We will not go for more floating LNG projects at this time. One is already online and another is expected to start in March next year,” he added.
Bangladesh began importing LNG from Qatar on a regular basis in September through the country's first FSRU operated by privately owned US company Excelerate.
The FSRU arrived in April for commissioning at the port of Moheshkhali near the city of Cox's Bazar but its start-up was delayed by several months due to technical problems and bad weather.
