PetroSA has contracted WorleyParsons to conduct both the feasibility study and Front- End Engineering Design (FEED) of a new LNG import facility in Mossel Bay (South Africa). PetroSA has been investigating the possibility of importing LNG to supplement dwindling gas reserves at the company’s Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) refinery in Mossel Bay. The project has previously encountered various challenges, among them its commercial viability.
The company’s revised proposal involves the importation of LNG into Mossel Bay through a Floating LNG facility (FLNG). The FLNG comprises a breakwater and berth structure allowing a permanently moored Floating, Storage and Re-gasification Unit (FSRU) to discharge vaporised LNG into a sub-sea and an overland pipeline leading to the Mossel Bay Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) Refinery.
The feasibility study will assess the technical and economic characteristics of various sites, while the FEED phase will develop the designs for the preferred sites to a sufficient level of detail to accurately estimate the project costs and economics to make a final investment decision during the second half of 2013.
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