Bahrain aims to award a contract for the construction of its maiden LNG import terminal by year-end, Oil Minister Abdul Hussain Mirza told Bloomberg.

It recently emerged that IM Skaugen and US floating regasification specialist Excelerate Energy are the remaining two outfits left in the running for the job.

The Norwegian shipping company said it is pursuing a shore-based facility. This suggests there will be a face-off between floating and land-based regasification for the Persian Gulf island state’s import project.

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