The Belgian gasship owner also secured options for two more FLNG units at the Chinese yard.

For the firm vessel, Wison will carry out a turnkey engineering, procurement, construction, transportation installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract for the 600,000 tonne per annum liquefaction barge.

With delivery scheduled for 2017, it will have 20,000 cbm of LNG storage capacity.

TradeWinds reported last month that Exmar had been hoping to declare an option for a 1 million tonne per annum at Wison for a project in Peru by partner Pacific Rubiales.

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