Bureau Veritas (BV) has announced the completion of the classification of the Torman LNG floating regasification unit (FRU) at Tema port, Ghana in sheltered waters. The unit is combined with a floating storage unit (FSU) for the delivery of gas to onshore consumers.
This development of Gasfin’s facility – involving the Torman LNG FRU and a Moss-type LNG floating storage unit (FSU), both classed by Bureau Veritas – paves the way for the first deliveries of LNG to a terminal in sub-Saharan Africa and will contribute to meeting Ghana’s growing cleaner energy demand. The volume that Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) will be taking is equivalent to circa 1,300MW of combined cycle power plant capacity.
The 95-metre length, newly built FRU was constructed at CSSC Jiangnan Shipyard in China and fitted with two IMO type-C tanks, and has a storage capacity of 28,000 cubic meters. The LNG FRU is designed for a regasification capacity of around 1.7 million tons of LNG per year and will be in operation for approximately 20 years…
