At a public hearing of Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives, New Fortress Energy (NFE) chief executive Zak Ahmed was questioned about how long natural gas from the tanker Amur River will last and when the next vessel will arrive. Representative José Aponte criticized the company over the limited supply and repeated his call to cancel its contract.
He warned that if the gas runs out, the Puerto Rico government would have to turn to diesel, a costlier fuel. The dispute comes as the government demands $100 million from NFE for the additional costs tied to the tanker’s inability to dock in San Juan. The company refused to pay and denied responsibility for what happened.
Separately, contradictory accounts given under oath by Ahmed and the company’s local manager, Carlos Faris, led legislators to raise the possibility that perjury was committed.