China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) is in the market for a second floating storage and regasification unit after taking delivery of a Hoegh LNG vessel.
But the Norwegian FSRU provider is baulking at providing more units on a seasonal basis.
The 170,000-cbm Hoegh Esperanza (built 2018) was delivered from South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries in April and commissioned as a floating terminal at Tianjin after arriving there in October.