Cartagena LNG Terminal Project
Sociedad Portuaria El Cayao S.A. ESP (SPEC LNG) developed and operates the LNG terminal located at the Port of Cartagena on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. As the first LNG import terminal of its kind in Colombia, the project strengthens the country’s energy system and ensures natural gas supply to three major power plants on the northern coast of Colombia. The terminal has been in operation since December 2016.
The Cartagena LNG Terminal comprises a 700-metre jetty, the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Höegh Grace, and a 10 km natural gas pipeline connected to the national gas transmission system.
FSRU Höegh Grace
- Owner: Höegh Evi
- Flag: Marshall Islands
- Builder: Hyundai Heavy Industries
- LNG storage capacity: 170 000 m³
KN Energies’ role in the project
2015
KN Energies begins providing consultancy services for the Cartagena LNG Terminal project.
Following the award of the consultancy services tender, KN Energies provided SPEC LNG with consultancy services related to the technical conditions of port and terminal operations, as well as risk and safety management. KN Energies also contributed to the training of key specialists and supported the commissioning and start-up of terminal operations. The consultancy services were provided in 2015–2016.
We are pleased to express our satisfaction with the quality of consultant services provided by AB Klaipėdos Nafta during construction, commissioning and start-up of the LNG regasification port terminal project of Sociedad Portuaria El Cayao S.A. (SPEC LNG) located at Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.Thanks to the satisfactory results achieved during our business relationship, we consider possible to work again at a future opportunity with KN.
José Luis Montes Gómez
General Manager at Sociedad Portuaria El Cayao S.A. E.S.P.
