GAS Entec, a subsidiary of Atlantic Gulf & Pacific International Holding (AG&P), has completed the conversion of a 125,000-cubic-meter LNG carrier (LNGC) for KARMOL, a joint-venture between Turkey’s Karpowership and Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL). The conversion will result in an 84 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd ) Modular Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (M-FSRU), with capacity to scale from 15 to 300 mmscfd per unit.
The M-FSRU is the world’s first modular floating LNG regasification terminal, delivering gas from LNG to Karpowership’s 236 megawatt floating power plant, the Karadeniz Powership Aysegul Sultan in Port of Dakar, Senegal. This integrated, floating complex will serve critical shore-based grids in Senegal. The existing floating power plant previously used heavy fuel oil to meet about 15 percent of the West African nation’s power demand. The conversion to natural gas supports Senegal’s ambition to be a leader in the transiti