Exmar has started construction of Pacific Rubiales’ bi-directional barge-based floating liquefaction, regasification and storage unit planned for a site on Colombia’s northern coast.

The South American operator said that an environmental licence for a pipeline to transport feedstock gas from the La Creciente field to the LNG project is “expected shortly”.

Wison Offshore & Marine was tapped by Exmar to build the world’s first FLRSU at its shipyard in Nantong, China.