Texas Firm In Talks To Supply Iraq’s First LNG Terminal

Texas-based company Excelerate Energy is one of the bidders in a tender to provide a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) that would welcome Iraq’s first-ever LNG imports, a senior Iraqi official told Bloomberg. The country, which looks to shake off its dependence on Iranian gas supply for power generation, is in advanced talks with Excelerate Energy for LNG import infrastructure at the Khor Al-Zubair commodities port near Basra in southern Iraq.   U.S. firm Excelerate Energy – which offers floating LNG import terminals,…