The first floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) intended for use at a floating LNG terminal in Lubmin, Germany, has arrived at Mukran Port, according to Deutsche ReGas.
As Deutsche ReGas – the developer of the first and so far only privately financed LNG terminal – informed, the FSRU Neptune entered Mukran Port on 23 November.
The unit will make a stop there before it heads to the industrial port of Lubmin where it will be deployed.
In cooperation with Mukran Port, Deutsche ReGas will prepare the FSRU for the transfer to Lubmin. This includes reducing the FSRUs draught from the current 9.6 to around 5.2 metres and installing a pipe adapter to ensure a precise connection of the FSRU to the onshore system, Stephan Knabe , Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche ReGas, said.
Knabe explained that with Neptune, all the necessary components are now in the region to technically complete the LNG terminal in the near future, adding that commissioning can only take place once all the required permits have been obtained.
To remind, Deutsche ReGas chartered the FSRU Neptune from French energy major TotalEnergies under the contract signed in July this year.
The German company kicked off the construction of an LNG terminal in Lubmin on 20 September as an ‘important milestone’ for the project.