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Southern Energy SA – Final Investment Decision
Southern Energy SA – Final Investment Decision.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nHarbour Energy plc\n(\"Harbour\" or the \"Company\")\n2 May 2025\n \nSouthern Energy SA - Final Investment Decision\n \nHarbour and its partners - Pan American Energy, YPF, Pampa Energia and Golar LNG - have taken Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Southern Energy floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) export project in Argentina. \n \nHarbour has a 15% interest in the project which envisages deploying two of Golar LNG's FLNG vessels - the Hilli Episeyo and MK II - off the coast of the Rio Negro province. The project is expected to have processing and export capacity of c.6 million tonnes per year of LNG, equivalent to 27 million cubic metres per day (or 1.0 billion cubic feet per day) of natural gas.\n \nThe Southern Energy partners are targeting production start-up from the Hili Episeyo around year-end 2027 with the MK II expected to commence operations end 2028. Harbour's capex requirement to the point of commercial operations is expected to be c.$100 million.\n \nUnder the recently enacted legislation, the 'RIGI' (Régimen de Incentivo para Grandes Inversiones), Southern Energy has been granted certain investment incentives including dollarisation of revenues after three years of production.\n \nThe upstream partners in Southern Energy will supply the natural gas for the FLNG project, enabling Harbour's natural gas resource in Argentina to access global natural gas markets and international prices.\n \nMartin Rueda, Managing Director of Harbour's Argentina Business Unit, commented:\n\"Taking final investment decision on Southern Energy marks a significant milestone for Harbour Energy, providing the opportunity to deliver value from our extensive resource position in Argentina.\n \nAs the country's first LNG project under the RIGI, it also marks an important milestone in supporting Argentina's ambition to become a material exporter of natural gas. We look forward to working together with our partners and stakeholders to safely and efficiently deliver this project.\"\n \nEnquiries\nHarbour Energy plc  ...