Excelerate Energy LP started natural gas deliveries to the Brazilian market at the Bahia Regasification Terminal (TR-BA) in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil on Dec. 8.
Excelerate's floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Excelerate Sequoia, which has an LNG storage capacity of 173,400 cu m, is providing regasification services at TR-BA. The terminal has a regasification capacity of up to 700 MMcfd.
Excelerate and Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) signed the lease contract for TR-BA on Sept. 28.
Since 2012, Excelerate has provided regasification services in Brazil at Petrobras' LNG terminals in Bahia, Guanabara Bay, and Pecém. The company's FSRU Experience reached send-out capacity of 1.06 bcf at the Guanabara Bay LNG Regasification Terminal in 2020.
