A new LNG import project planned for Bahrain has encountered fresh setbacks, posing questions over the future of an LNG carrier serving as a floating storage unit.

Sources working closely with Bahrain LNG said the emirate’s authorities are rethinking the start-up date for the new plant as talks rumble on with end buyers on the gas imported.

They said the project has shed several key personnel and referenced what one described as “multiple technical problems” with the sea island built to house the reliquefaction equipment.