PETROLEUM CORPORATION OF JAMAICA

INVITATION TO PRE-QUALIFY 

Provision of a Floating Terminal
To Receive Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Port Esquivel Area, Jamaica.

The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) acting as the agent of Government of Jamaica (GOJ), invites interested investors to submit Pre-qualification Documents in order to be considered for selection as Pre-qualified Applicants to provide a Floating Terminal for the Receipt, Storage and Regasification of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in the Port Esquivel area on the southern coast of Jamaica.

As part of a strategy of energy diversification the GOJ is pursuing the introduction of natural gas as an alternative to petroleum with the objective of receiving first gas in 2009. To facilitate this objective PCJ has decided to pursue the implementation of a floating LNG terminal. The initial throughput of LNG is expected to be 1.2 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) whilst the current market potential is estimated at 2.5 mtpa.

Enterprises, consortiums or joint venture partners with adequate financial capability and a demonstrable track record in the construction, management and operation of LNG carriers and/or terminals are hereby invited to apply for pre-qualification.

Applications for pre-qualification must be submitted in accordance with the instructions contained in the Pre-qualification Document available from PCJ.

The closing date for receipt by PCJ of completed Pre-qualification Documents will be 1600 hours Kingston time, 18 May 2007.

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Requests for the Pre-Qualification Document should be submitted in writing to:

The Group Technical Director
Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica.

36 Trafalgar Road,
P.O. Box 579,
Kingston 10,
Jamaica.

Tel: (876) 929-5380 
Fax: (876) 929-2409
E-mail: stephen.wedderburn@pcj.com 

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