EMA in ambitious plan to increase Singapore's capacity up to fivefold

The EMA envisages a maximum of four entities being able to concurrently import term LNG volumes to the new facilities that could add a further 12 million tonnes per annum capacity to the existing 3 million tpa terminal that began commercial operations in May.

ExxonMobil, Shell and Pavilion Energy — a unit of the Singapore government investment outfit Temasek — have already been put in the frame to compete alongside BG Group, the sole aggregator for Singapore’s initial 3 million tpa of LNG imports, or until 2023, whichever comes sooner.

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