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LNG-SUMMIT
Port condition important for FSRU in Bangladesh: experts
Syed Shukur Ali Shuvo from Japan
TOKYO, Feb 20, 219 (BSS) – Global experts on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) today said
port for Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) in Bangladesh is important as
it has already introduced offshore FSRU.
Talking about onshore LNG terminal in Bangladesh, Hideo Hasegawa, general manager
of New Business Promotion Officer, Japex, said Bangladesh government has introduced
offshore FSRU needed port having good facility for supplying LNG to pipelines.
“Optimization of supply and demand system is another important criterion for smooth
supply of LNG,” he pointed out while responding to a query about LNG supply and demand
globally, especially in Bangladesh, at Hilton Hotel here.
Experts said the usages of LNG have been dramatically changed in the last 10 years
as many countries introduced FSRU and installed gas pipelines for LNG supply aimed at
ensuring energy security. CWC Group organised two-day long “2nd Japan LNG & Gas Summit
2019” and held eight discussions through eight sessions where global experts shared
their practical experiences and opportunities of LNG and natural gas.
Chairman of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation Nobuo Tanaka formally inaugurated the
summit and highlighted LNG activities across the world especially for South East Asia.
Director, Oil and Gas Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI),
Japan, Masato Sasaki and Chairman of JERA Hendrik Gordenker presented keynote papers
in the summit.
Talking about onshore LNG terminal in Bangladesh, Hideo Hasegawa said Bangladesh
government went for land based LNG terminal, which is an appropriate decision.
“Operations of LNG carriers are socio-economically very important and highly
technical. The key tools of digitization in this context are not AI but domain
knowledge and engineering simulations play major roles,” he said.
The experts also discussed about cyber security while transporting LNG by vessels
in the sea in a session.
To this end, experts said, the LNG industry has guidelines about cyber attacks by
terrorists and all machineries have integrated systems but no concrete system to avoid
cyber attacks.
For the transportation of LNG, controlled management software will be introduced in
future, they said and stressed the need for cyber security system to avoid terror
attacks.
A total of 19 speakers along with moderators took part in eight sessions and shared
their practical ideas and experiences in the summit.
Besides, participants asked questions about LNG’s future situation and supply
chain. After long discussions, the LNG and Gas Summit closed today.
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