HIGAS LNG Terminal
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HIGAS LNG Terminal, also called the Santa Giusta LNG Terminal, is an LNG import terminal in Italy.
Location
It is located in Oristano, Sardinia, Italy.
Project Details
- Operator: HIGAS[1]
- Owner: HIGAS[2]
- Parent company: Avenir LNG (100%)[2]
- Location: Oristano, Sardinia, Italy[1]
- Coordinates: 44.471734, 12.248134 (approximate)
- Capacity: 0.2 mtpa[1]
- Cost: €38.2 million (US$43.2 million)[3]
- Status: Operating[4]
- Type: Import
- Start Year: 2021[5][6]
Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day
Background
First reports of the terminal proposal appear in October 2015.[7]
The purpose of the Santa Giusta HIGAS system is to receive LNG from small and medium-sized gas carriers, to discharge the liquid into the storage tanks so that it can be used mainly in liquid form as fuel for automotive, industrial, civil and marine use and as a gas to be fed into the pipeline networks that already partially exists in the area. LNG will be stored in 6 horizontal low-pressure cryogenic tanks; it is a modular storage system, which can be subdivided or expanded based on market demand, meaning that only a part of the total capacity may be in use at any given time.[8] Initial storage capacity will be 9,000 cubic meters of LNG.[9]
The HIGAS facility will allow for truck loading of up to 180,000 mtpa via 2 truck bays, as well as regasification for port users. Additional permitting is being requested for regasification to the main pipeline of up to 300,000 mtpa. The quayside jetty is multiuser. HIGAS has a lease concession of 4 years and has applied for an additional 20 years. HIGAS will operate the terminal and the jetty for LNG transfers. The facility will be operational by Q3 2020. Their Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) partner is Gas&Heat.[8]
Construction began in April 2018.[10]
Construction was completed in August 2020, with initial testing planned for September and deliveries of LNG expected to begin in early 2021.[6]
In February 2021, Higas awarded the Spanish company Reganosa the contract to operate and maintain the new terminal.[11]
In August 2021, the UK-based energy company Avenir LNG disclosed that the terminal had entered into operation.[4]
In March 2022, Avenir LNG became the sole owner of the LNG terminal after acquiring the shareholdings of minority partners CPL Concordia and Gas and Heat.[2]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers (May 24, 2022). "Annual Report 2022 Edition" (PDF). GIIGNL. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sanja Pekic, Avenir LNG becomes sole owner of Italy’s Higas LNG terminal, Offshore Energy, Mar. 30, 2022
- ↑ Mirza Duran, Italy’s 1st small-scale LNG terminal nearing completion, Offshore Energy, Jun. 15, 2020
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Avenir LNG Limited reports unaudited financial and operating results for the second quarter 2021, Avenir LNG, Aug. 18, 2021
- ↑ John Snyder, Avenir LNG: big ambitions in small-scale LNG Riviera, Oct. 29, 2020
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Piani confermati: il metano in porto a inizio anno. Santa Giusta si prepara". LinkOristano. August 7, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Stolt-Nielsen Limited acquires shares in Sardinian LNG project". themeditelegraph.com (in italiano). 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 HIGAS LNG Terminal Avenir LNG, accessed Dec. 17, 2021
- ↑ "LE PROSPETTIVE DEL GAS NATURALE LIQUEFATTO E COMPRESSO NEI TRASPORTI (p 5)" (PDF). AssoCostieri. December 2, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Italy gets its ambitious small-scale LNG programme underway". Riviera. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ↑ Sanja Pekic, Reganosa to operate the first LNG terminal in Sardinia, Offshore Energy, Feb. 22, 2021
