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Mitsui to Participate in Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) Project in Pakistan

Nov. 14, 2017


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Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui", Head Office: Tokyo, President and CEO: Tatsuo Yasunaga) has entered into an agreement with BW Group ("BW") to form a joint venture ("JV"), and to acquire a 49% stake in the JV to jointly own the Floating Storage and Regasification Unit ("FSRU") BW Integrity. The deal is expected to close as soon as the payment for the acquisition is completed. This deal is the first FSRU project for Mitsui, and the first project for a Japanese company to participate in the LNG receiving infrastructure business in Pakistan.

The JV will lease the FSRU to PGP Consortium Ltd. ("PGPC") based on a long-term FSRU lease agreement (The "Project"), and PGPC will provide LNG regasification services to Pakistan LNG Terminals Ltd. ("PLTL"), a state-owned company. Pakistan began importing LNG in 2015 to cater to growing domestic demand for natural gas, and declining production of indigenous gas. The demand for imported LNG in Pakistan is expected to grow steadily and reach 20 million tons per annum by 2022. As Pakistan's second LNG receiving facility in the country, this project delivers a key energy infrastructure project of high national importance.

BW Group is a major player in the maritime oil and gas industry, with a well-diversified fleet of over 150 vessels which includes LNG and LPG carriers, floating gas infrastructure, product tankers, FPSOs, dry bulkers, chemical tankers, and possesses a long-standing and best-in-class vessel management capabilities. This is BW's second FSRU project, with the first being a sister vessel, BW Singapore, which is currently based in Egypt on a five-year charter.

Mitsui is traditionally involved in various spheres of gas-value-chain business such as exploration, liquefaction of LNG, LNG transportation, LNG receiving terminals, on-shore gas distribution, gas-fired power plants, gas-chemical business, etc., in different parts of the world. Gas-value-chain business is identified as a core business for Mitsui in the new Medium-Term Management Plan "Driving Value Creation" that was announced last May. Mitsui aims to increase its presence in the growing FSRU business which has evolved to be the optimum solution in terms of considerations such as project execution timeline and cost competitiveness for newly emerging LNG markets, by leveraging its wide range of experience and expertise in various business in the gas-value-chain. Also, by entering the FSRU business, Mitsui aims to further expand its presence in the gas-value chain business to respond to the growing demand for gas related infrastructure in the newly emerging LNG markets in many parts of the world.

Project Details

Joint Venture BW FSRU II Pte. Ltd.
Shareholders BW 51%, Mitsui 49%
FSRU Location Pakistan, Karachi Port Muhammad Bin Qasim
Name of FSRU BW Integrity
Project Cost Approx. USD 310 million
LNG receiving capacity Approx. 5.6 MMTPA of LNG
Commencement of Operation From end of November to first half of December, 2017
Project Period 15 years

Map of the facility

Map of the facility

FSRU "BW Integrity" details

FSRU

Name BW Integrity
Length/Width 292.5mtr/43.4mtr
Shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries, Korea
LNG storage capacity 170,582m3
Regasification capacity 750 mmscf/d
Mooring System Single Jetty mooring

Profile of BW

Name BW Group
Head Office 10 Pasir Panjag Road, Singapore
Business details BW Group is a leading global maritime group involved in shipping, floating gas infrastructure and deepwater oil & gas production, and has been delivering energy and other vital commodities for more than 80 years, with a current fleet of over 150 ships. The group was founded by Sir YK Pao in Hong Kong in 1955 as World-Wide Shipping. In 2003, the group acquired Bergesen, Norway's largest shipping company founded in 1935, and in 2005, the business was re-branded as BW. Today, BW Group operates the world's largest gas shipping fleet (LNG and LPG combined), with a total of 70 large gas vessels, including three FSRUs (floating storage and regasification units). BW's fleet also includes refined oil tankers, chemical tankers and dry bulk carriers.
Website

http://www.bw-group.com/

Profile of PGPC

Name PGP Consortium Limited
Head Office Associated House, Seven Egerton Road, Lahore Cantt Lahore Punjab
Established September, 2015
Business details Pakistan GasPort Consortium Limited (PGPC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pakistan GasPort Limited (PGPL). It provides storage and regas services to Pakistan LNG Terminals Limited (PLTL).

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