The attractiveness of the FSRU-powership concept is that it can be put in place relatively quickly and at the location where the power is needed.
There are no specific regulations governing this type of project yet and often, any that are put in place are driven by the financier.
But MOL offshore director Christian Bale says a risk assessment is undertaken at each location and a wide range of factors need to be considered, such as the depth of water, prevailing climatic conditions, the accessibility of visiting LNG carriers and how they will manoeuvre.
