While on course to Brazil, the vessel will receive, in Trinidad & Tobago, the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) load Petrobras purchased from the BG Group. This is reportedly the world’s first methane vessel to have been converted to perform LNG regasification on board.
The regasification capacity of the Golar Spirit is seven million cubic meters (cbm) per day, and its storage capacity is 129,000cbm of LNG, equivalent to 77 million cbm of natural gas. The Golar Spirit’s arrival in Brazil will mark Petrobras’s debut as a player in the international LNG market.
The vessel’s arrival and the commencement of the regasification terminal operations is expected to allow more flexibility and safety in natural gas supply to both thermal and non-thermal power markets.
