Hong Kong FSRU

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Hong Kong FSRU, also called the Hongkong GBS FSRU (中电香港海上LNG接收站), is a floating regasification and storage unit (FSRU) in Hong Kong.

Location

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Project details

• Operator: Hong Kong LNG Terminal Co., Ltd.香港液化天然气接收站有限公司
• Owner: Hong Kong LNG Terminal Co., Ltd
• Parent company: Castle Peak Power Company Limited 70%, The Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd. 30%
  • Castle Peak Power Company Limited--→ CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) [49%]; Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd. [30%]; China Southern Power Grid International (HK) Co., Limited [21%].
• Vessel: Bauhinia Spirit
• FSRU Owner: Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (a subsidiary of Mitsui Group)
• FSRU Parent Company: Mitsui Group
• Location: east of Shek Kwu Islands, Hong Kong, China
• Coordinates: 22.154268720390778, 113.9637414561238 (exact)
• Capacity: 6.1 mtpa
• Status: Operating
• Type: Import
• Cost: US$1 billion
• Start year: 2023
  • Originally 2021, then 2022
• Associated Infrastructure: Black Point power station, CKI Lamma power station

Background

Hongkong GBS LNG Terminal (中电香港海上LNG接收站) is a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Hong Kong. Proponents report that the project will procure LNG from international markets in order to reduce dependence on mainland China.

In October 2018 the project received a permit from Hong Kong's Environmental Protection Department.

In April 2020, it was reported that the Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd (海洋石油工程股份有限公司) signed an EPC contract with 3 Party A companies of this project: Hong Kong LNG Terminal Co., Ltd.(香港液化天然气接收站有限公司), Castle Peak Power Co., Ltd. (青山发电有限公司) and Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd.(香港电灯有限公司). The total contract amount was 4.691 billion HKD (604 million USD). The planned construction date was in 2020.

In April 2021, the world’s largest FSRU, owned by Japan’s MOL, left the Dortyol FSRU terminal in Turkey. The vessel was intended to begin serving the Hong Kong contract later that year.

As of 2021, the facility was under construction, and it was slated to become operational in 2022.

In January 2023, it was reported that the facility would become operational by mid-2023, delayed by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

MOL’s FSRU arrived at the facility from Singapore in April 2023.

In July 2023, the terminal went into service.

Opposition

The World Wildlife Fund opposes the offshore terminal, noting that it would not only threaten "the survival of dolphins and finless porpoises, but also damage the entire marine ecology."