The Jamaican government has approved an undisclosed shortlist of bidders in its LNG supply tender for Jamaicas long-delayed LNG import terminal project, 7681-11-0 Christopher Zacca, chairman of the Jamaican LNG Steering Committee, said Thursday. 107-13-1

The government also said it expects project startup to begin by mid-2014, three months later than originally announced. The announcements came after Jamaicas utility regulator last week awarded the Jamaica Public Service Company the right to build a 360 MW combined cycle power plant. The company emerged last April as the sole bidder in that contest.

The government plans to use natural gas from the LNG project to fuel the plant. The power plant is to be built by mid-2014 and is being timed to coincide with the startup of the LNG terminal.

Jamaicas Office of Utilities Regulation took longer than expected to make the power plant award, which in turn created uncertainty about the LNG project and its timetable, according to LNG project officials.

The fact that the winning bidder has now been named is a huge boost to our project and would move the timeline a little bit, 110-27-0 (by) maybe three months, Zacca said.

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