Senegal is getting set to deploy the world’s first modular LNG Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU). The gas-to-power vessel is now ready to service Senegal’s shore-based grids after being converted from a 125,000m3 LNG carrier to a Modular FSRU (M-FSRU) by engineering company GAS Entec.

The new M-FSRU is controlled by KARMOL, a joint venture between Turkish power producer Karadeniz Energy Group and Mitsui OSK Lines, and can scale from 15 to 300 million standard cubic feet per day.

A Board Member of KARMOL, Gokhan Kocak, said: “This is a big moment for KARMOL and for Africa. With the successful completion of the M-FSRU, Senegal will be the first country in west Africa to transition to clean gas energy, replacing high emission fuels with LNG.”

GAS Entec, a subsidiary of Atlantic Gulf & Pacific International Holding, was in charge of the entire design, which included front-end engineering, class approval, production design engineering, regasification technology supply, and commissioning of essential regas equipment, and installation work for the M-FSRU.

Commenting, the CEO of GAS Entec, Chong-Ho Kwak, said: “We are honored to have been asked to design and lead the conversion of the LNG carrier to an M-FSRU. We are very excited to deliver to Senegal this key clean, floating, scalable terminal that operationalizes Karpowership’s Gas-to-Powership project, a leader in Africa and the world.”

The M-FSRU is the world’s first modular floating LNG regasification terminal, transporting gas from LNG to Karpowership’s 236 MW floating power plant, the Karadeniz Powership Aysegul Sultan in Port Dakar, lowering Senegal’s carbon emissions from power generation.