LNG & FSRU Technical Advisory

Deep FSRU expertise
for complex projects.

Twenty-five years in LNG. Fifteen FSRU, one FLNG, and ten maritime engagements across four continents. Independent advisory for owners, operators, terminal developers, and financiers navigating the commercial and technical realities of floating regasification.

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Capt. Tommy J. Dahl
Founder & Principal Advisor
Based in Cork, Ireland

About

Captain Tommy J. Dahl

A Master Mariner by training and an FSRU specialist by choice. I've spent the last eighteen years working on floating storage and regasification units — newbuilds and conversions, greenfield terminals and LNG carrier retrofits, commercial structuring and technical delivery.

Based in Cork, Ireland, currently engaged as FSRU Lead on a national LNG infrastructure programme. Previously based in Singapore supporting a major Asian FSRU terminal project, with earlier work across Bangladesh, Qatar, and the Philippines.

Independent consulting work runs under FSRU Advice Consulting. I help owners, operators, terminal developers, and financiers navigate the intersection of technical feasibility and commercial reality — the parts of FSRU projects that don't fit neatly inside any single engineering or legal discipline.

Experience

Selected FSRU portfolio

Ireland FSRU Programme

Ireland · 2026–present

FSRU Lead on a national LNG infrastructure programme. Technical delivery assurance for a strategic energy security project on the west coast.

Singapore FSRU Terminal

Singapore · 2023–2026

Senior Technical & Project Advisor on a major Asian FSRU terminal. Commissioning workflow, safety system review, dynamic mooring analysis, and performance testing framework.

Philippines FSU Project

Philippines · 2022–2023

FSU technical commissioning and pre-delivery oversight for a Floating Storage Unit serving a Southeast Asian regasification hub.

Bangladesh LNG Import Terminal

Bangladesh · 2018–2022

Led commissioning of Bangladesh's first LNG import terminal (FSRU-based), achieving 99% technical availability. Managed project finance and lender interfaces during operationalisation.

Qatar LNG Joint Ventures

Qatar · 2018–2022

Oversight of LNG joint venture companies. Board-level facilitation, commercial performance monitoring, contract compliance across fleet operations.

Global FSRU Operator Fleet

Multiple regions · Earlier career

Newbuild supervision and FSRU conversions for a leading global FSRU operator. FEED review and commissioning assurance across first-generation purpose-built FSRUs.

South Asian Small-Scale LNG

In development

Small-scale LNG feasibility study under the NORCAP JV. Barge-based regasification concept for fertilizer and power sector offtakers.

Full portfolio of 15 FSRU, 1 FLNG, and 10 maritime engagements across Asia, Europe, Middle East, and the Americas available on request, subject to confidentiality.

Services

What I do

Technical advisory

FEED and basic design review, specification drafting, HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA, and SIL facilitation. Class society interface (DNV, LR, BV, ABS). Commissioning and performance test planning.

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Commercial structuring

Time Charter Party negotiation and administration. Tender management for FSRU newbuilds. Daily hire and pricing model development. Investor and lender technical due diligence.

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Project development

Feasibility studies, concept design, site selection, permitting support. Stakeholder management spanning government counterparties, shipyards, offtakers, and financiers.

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Operational assurance

Pre-delivery audits, ship-to-ship compatibility studies, mooring analysis review, OpEx benchmarking, incident investigation, and root-cause review.

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Credentials

25+

Years in LNG

16

FSRU + FLNG projects

10

Maritime engagements

4

Continents

2

Languages

Master Mariner — Norwegian Maritime Academy (Nautical Oceanography)  ·  HAZOP / HAZID facilitation trained  ·  ISM / ISPS auditor certified  ·  English & Norwegian

Why independent advisory

The case for a specialist over a large consultancy

FSRU-only focus

Large consultancies cover the full energy spectrum — pipelines, terminals, offshore platforms, hydrogen. FSRU Advice Consulting does one thing: floating storage and regasification. The depth that comes from doing only this work is not replicable from a generalist team assembled project by project.

No competing interests

Independent advisory means no FSRU supplier relationships, no equipment vendor affiliations, no panel agreements with law firms or EPCs. The advice you receive is not shaped by who else is in the room. That independence is particularly valuable at the moment of concept selection and commercial negotiation.

Technical depth where it counts

The decisions that determine project outcome are rarely commercial or legal in isolation — they sit at the intersection of process safety, class requirements, contractual obligation, and operational reality. Twenty-five years of hands-on FSRU delivery means that intersection is familiar ground, not a collaboration exercise between specialist sub-teams.

Accountability without overhead

One senior practitioner on your project, start to finish. No junior staff learning on your budget, no account management layer between you and the person doing the work. Engagement structures are flexible — retainer, time and materials, or fixed scope — sized to what the project actually needs.

Training

Short courses & workshops

Structured training for project teams, new entrants, financiers, and government counterparties who need practical LNG and FSRU literacy — not a textbook overview.

Foundations

Introduction to LNG & FSRUs

LNG fundamentals, the FSRU value chain, project development sequence, key commercial and technical risks. Half-day or full-day format. Suitable for financiers, government counterparties, and new entrants.

Commercial

FSRU Time Charter Party — structure and negotiation

How a TCP is structured, what the key clauses mean commercially and operationally, where risk allocation typically sits, and what to look for in a first review. Half-day workshop.

Technical

Commissioning & performance testing

How to structure a performance test regime, what class surveyors expect, how performance guarantees interact with TCP obligations, and how to manage the acceptance period. Half-day workshop.

Safety

Process safety for FSRU projects

HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA, SIL, and HIPPS in the FSRU context. How the studies interrelate, what outputs are needed for class and regulatory approval, and how to manage the facilitation process. Half-day workshop.

All courses can be tailored to your project context and team. Delivered in-person or remotely. Enquire about availability →

Insights

Technical writing on LNG & FSRU topics

19 April 2026 · Operations

LNG cargo simulation tools — BOG evolution, weathering, and rollover risk

How a simulator combining BOG evolution, weathering, and rollover risk puts quantitative numbers on the three phenomena that dominate LNG tank management — and why they belong in a single tool.

17 April 2026 · Commercial

LNG pricing mechanisms: oil-linked, gas-on-gas, and hybrid

A practical overview of how LNG prices are structured in long-term contracts, from the traditional Brent-linked Asian model to hub-based TTF and JKM pricing.

10 April 2026 · Safety

HIPPS vs HIPS: why operator-specific terminology matters

A short note on terminology. HIPPS and HIPS are often treated as interchangeable but refer to subtly different system boundaries. Getting it wrong in a HAZOP report creates real problems downstream.

3 April 2026 · Operations

Building a commissioning and performance testing framework for FSRUs

How to structure a PF-02 through PF-19 performance test regime that satisfies both class surveyors and charterers.

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Contact

Let's talk about your project.

Whether it's a feasibility study, a commissioning issue, or a commercial review, a short initial call is free and usually enough to tell you whether engagement makes sense.

Email

info@fsruadvice.com

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