Myanmar LNG Update 2017

On 9 September 2016, the Myanmar Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE), through the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise, (MOGE), published a request for Expressions of Interest for the “bulk supply and or terminal of LNG in Myanmar”.

Highlights

• The Myanmar government’s interest in LNG
• How much LNG does Myanmar need?  
• No long term LNG contracts to purchase LNG?
• Possible sites for the FSRU
• Integrated with a power project?
• Foreign ownership restrictions
• Approval process
• Investment licensing (the MIC permit)
• Permitting
• Pipeline versus Transmission line in Myanmar
• Sovereign guarantees in Myanmar
• Environmental and Social