Hoegh LNG inks Lithuania FSRU charter

Done deal: Hoegh LNG signs ten-year charter with Lithuania's Klaipedos Nafta

Norway’s Hoegh LNG has signed the bottom line on a ten-year time charter for a floating LNG storage and regasification unit to be used as an LNG import terminal in Lithuania.

As reported by Upstream last month, the majority state-owned Klaipedos Nafta had picked Hoegh LNG over compatriot Golar LNG and Excelerate Energy for the tender, but the deal had yet to be put on paper.

It is thought the contract could generate around $500 million in earnings for Hoegh LNG.

Hoegh will put one of its two newbuilds currently on order in South Korea on the contract which offers a new floating LNG terminal at Klaipeda port.

The shareholders that collectively hold a 30% interest in Klaipedos Nafta have still to approve…

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