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58 st / September 2015 www.sea-technology.com Floating LNG Terminal For Puerto Rico The U.S. Federal Energy Regulato- ry Commission (FERC) has authorized Excelerate Energy, in cooperation with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), to site, construct and operate the proposed Aguirre Offshore GasPort Project located off- shore Puerto Rico. The project is expected to have no signifcant environmental impact and will have to comply with all the en- vironmental conditions outlined by FERC. The proposed project will be a foating LNG terminal with the same capabilities as a land-based terminal. It will consist of a foating storage and regasifcation unit (FSRU), minimal infrastructure to moor the vessel, and a subsea pipeline to deliver the gas onshore. The facility will provide fuel to PREPA's Central Aguirre Power Com- plex. Fuel cost reduction and envi- ronmental improvements, such as im- proved air quality and reduced barge traffc in the environmentally sensitive Jobos Bay, are the primary drivers for bringing the project to Puerto Rico. In the coming months, Excelerate will continue to work with FERC and cooperating agencies in preparation for the commencement of construc- tion, estimated to begin in the frst quarter of 2016, with an in-service date of the second quarter of 2017. FEED Contract for First US Floating LNG Vessel Bechtel has been selected by Del- fn LNG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fairwood Peninsula Energy Corp., to perform front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the frst U.S.-based foating LNG vessel (FLNGV) to go into service at Port Delfn, a proposed deepwater port and foating LNG facility that will be located approxi- mately 50 miles off Cameron Parish, Louisiana. This will be the frst offshore foat- ing natural gas liquefaction facility in the U.S. Upon the fnal investment de- cision, Bechtel is expected to design, build and commission the FLNGV. Port Delfn will receive natural gas from the Delfn Offshore Pipeline. FLNGV will be able to disconnect from the port facility and move to protected waters during a hurricane. The offshore location of the port will signifcantly reduce coastal LNG car- rier traffc and minimize nearshore environmental impacts. MBES Survey, Seabed Coring In Honduran Caribbean Fugro has been awarded a contract by BG International Ltd. Sucursal Honduras to conduct an integrated multibeam echosounder (MBES) sur- vey and seabed coring campaign over its offshore acreage (block) in the Honduran Caribbean. As part of BG's exploration license commitments, the campaign will map the seafoor to in- terpret, identify, sample, and analyze potential hydrocarbon seeps. The MBES and seabed coring pro- gram will cover an area of the Patuca Basin more than 10,000 sq. km in the northern part of the block. Features of interest will be identifed and evalu- offshore oil & ocean engineering