A liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is a facility located onshore or offshore in Singapore waters which is used to receive, store or gasify LNG that is imported into Singapore. Under the Gas Act, the management or operation of such LNG terminal is an activity licensable by EMA.

Several private sector companies have approached EMA individually to indicate their interest to build, own and operate an offshore LNG terminal (OLT) in Singapore for various purposes. The OLT could be used for:

(a) Provision of storage and reload, gassing up/cool down and/or bulk-breaking services to enable LNG bunkering and small-scale LNG supply to the region (“Ancillary Services”); and/or

(b) Import and supply of regasified LNG into the Singapore gas network

(“Regasification Services”).

The OLT could also be part of a larger value proposition, e.g. co-located to support other complementary uses such as floating power plants, or to harness the cold energy from the OLT.

Given the industry interest to build, own and operate an OLT, EMA would like to invite all interested parties to submit a non-binding Expression of Interest (EOI) to build, own and operate an OLT in Singapore, for Ancillary Services and/or Regasification Services. The EOI is intended for EMA to gather information to better understand the need and business proposition for an OLT as well as the technical requirements, and does not constitute any commitment to launch a Request for Proposal (“RFP”) for the OLT. EMA will take into account the EOI received from all participants to decide whether and when to launch an RFP to select the first OLT operator, including which Participants to be invited to take part in the RFP.