New Fortress Barcarena FSRU

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The New Fortress Barcarena FSRU, also known as Celba FSRU, is an operating floating, storage, and regasification unit (FSRU) LNG import terminal in Barcarena, Pará state, Brazil.

Location

The terminal is located at the port of Vila do Conde, about 15 km west of Barcarena, Pará state, Brazil.

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Project details

• Sponsor: Celba (Centrais Elétricas Barcarena)
• Owner: New Fortress Energy
• Vessel: Energos Celsius
• Location: Porto de Vila do Conde, Barcarena, Pará, Brazil
• Coordinates: -1.539174, -48.754139 (approximate)
• Capacity: 6 mtpa
• Status: Operating
• Type: Import
• Start year: 2024
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure: Novo Tempo Barcarena power station

Background

The New Fortress Barcarena LNG Terminal is part of a gas-to-power project developed by Celba (Centrais Elétricas Barcarena). Celba has been owned 100% by New Fortress Energy since 2021, following a series of mergers and acquisitions.

The project as originally proposed was to consist of a 15 MMcmd FSRU (floating storage and regasification unit) in the Pará River, moored in a ship-to-ship configuration to a fixed terminal near the port of Vila do Conde. Natural gas from the terminal was to be transported via pipeline to clients in Barcarena's industrial zone, including the previously coal-fired Barcarena Alunorte power station at the Hydro Alunorte aluminum company and Celba's proposed 605 MW Novo Tempo Barcarena power station; the latter project was approved in Brazil's October 2019 energy auction and given priority status by Pará's state government in November 2019.

In August 2020, the Brazilian government issued an installation license authorizing Celba to build the terminal and power plant in a part of Vila do Conde port known as "Area 3." In October 2020, Hygo Energy Transition signed a letter of agreement to sell gas from the terminal to Companhia de Gás do Pará, which holds exclusive rights to distribute natural gas throughout Pará state.

Brazilian hydrocarbons regulator ANP (Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis) granted final approval for construction of the terminal in December 2020. The Celba terminal was expected to become the first LNG import facility in the state of Pará and the North region of Brazil upon startup of commercial operations in 2022.

In August 2022, New Fortress Energy (NFE) announced that start-up of the terminal had been delayed to 2023, raising concerns that spiking European demand provoked by the Russia-Ukraine war might be restricting LNG supply to NFE's Brazilian operations.

In October 2022, BNAmericas reported that NFE was looking to sell off its Brazilian LNG projects (Terminal Gás Sul and Celba FSRU) to a new owner.

In May 2023, New Fortress Energy confirmed that the terminal was still on track to begin commercial operations in late 2023, although a Q1 2023 investor presentation showed that the company expected no income from its Barcarena operations until 2024. In August 2023, reporting confirmed the intended Q4 2023 start timeline.

In February 2024, New Fortress Energy announced that the Barcarena terminal had been placed into service, with regasification operations handled by the Energos Celsius FSRU. The Celsius, chartered by NFE from Energos Infrastructure, arrived at Barcarena after its conversion from an LNG carrier in Singapore. NFE reported the FSRU's capacity as 6 mtpa, compared to the 15 MMm³ per day originally projected by the Brazilian government. The terminal was expected to begin immediate gas delivery to Norsk Hydro’s Alunorte refinery under a 15-year supply agreement, and to start supplying NFE's Novo Tempo Barcarena power station upon the power plant's commissioning in the third quarter of 2025.