Pavilion Energy & Singapore LNG sign storage & reload agreement

Pavilion Energy and Singapore LNG have signed a five-year agreement for LNG storage and reload services at the SLNG Terminal on Jurong Island.
This agreement is the first to be signed for a term longer than two years, following a competitive bid process. As part of the agreement, Pavilion Energy will have access to tank capacity of 180,000 m3 on a segregated basis at the SLNG Terminal over the next five years. Such capacity will support a higher volume of LNG trading activities, including LNG breakbulk and vessel cool-down services.
The contract’s longer tenure allows Pavilion Energy greater flexibility in managing its LNG portfolio, market fluctuations and demand dynamics.
Frédéric Barnaud, Group CEO of Pavilion Energy, says: ‘Pavilion Energy is pleased to renew the partnership with SLNG. Tank capacity in Singapore presents greater opportunities for LNG optimisation and trading in the Asia-Pacific Basin. It complements well our LNG/gas trading activities in the Atlantic Basin. Pavilion Energy has held true to our commitment to facilitate wide access to the SLNG Terminal, contributing to the vibrancy of Singapore’s LNG market.’
Global LNG trade continues to grow, with import volumes reaching 313 million tonnes in 2018 and spot trades making up a quarter of those volumes.
CEO of SLNG Tan Soo Koong adds: ‘SLNG has taken bold steps to develop infrastructure and create new service offerings to meet the needs of the industry, and we will continue to do so. We are primed to play our part in helping Singapore achieve its ambition of becoming an LNG hub, through catalysing LNG-related businesses such as LNG trading, small-scale LNG distribution, LNG bunkering, and more.’