Nimofast Antonina LNG Terminal

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Nimofast Antonina LNG Terminal is a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Brazil.

Location

The terminal is proposed to be located at the port of Antonina, Paraná state, Brazil.

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Project details

• Operator: Nimofast
• Owner: Nimofast (35%), non-Brazilian company to be named (65%)
• Parent company: Nimofast (35%), non-Brazilian company to be named (65%)
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• Location: Antonina, Paraná state, Brazil
• Coordinates: -25.445703, -48.692089
• Capacity: 6 million m³ per day
• Status: Proposed
• Type: Import
• Start year: 2025
• Cost: 100 million USD
• Financing: Non-Brazilian company to be named
• FID status: Pre-FID (2023)
• Associated infrastructure:

Background

In 2022, the Brazilian company Nimofast announced that it planned to develop Paraná state's first LNG import and regasification project, at the port of Antonina. Nimofast reported that it had already identified partners for the project and hoped to make a final investment decision (FID) by 2023, with commercial operations to begin in 2025.

As of July 2023, many details of the project remained unclear, but the proposed terminal was expected to include a floating storage unit (FSU) with a storage capacity of 180,000 m³, moored 4 kilometers offshore from Antonina. A pair of barges with capacities of 20,000 m³ each would transport LNG onshore, where it would initially be distributed by truck directly to industrial customers looking to move away from coal, diesel, LPG and fuel oil; in this scenario, regasification would take place at the receiving end. In a later phase, plans called for the LNG to be regasified for distribution via the network of Paraná's state gas distributor, Compagas (Companhia Paranaense de Gás) and possibly via TBS's GASBOL gas pipeline. EPBR has reported that Nimofast's regasification facility would be at the port of Antonina, with a proposed regasification capacity of 6 million m³ per day, while Argus Media has stated that regasification could take place at Nimofast's distribution center in Araucaria, 100 kilometers inland.

Nimofast's CEO Ramon Reis stated that the company had already confirmed its first major customer, the private gas distributor Migratio, as well as a dependable LNG supplier, whose name remained undisclosed due to reasons of confidentiality. Nimofast was reportedly also investigating possible sales to Paraná's state gas distributor, Compagas (Companhia Paranaense de Gás).

As of September 2024, there had been no further news of the project's development, though Nimofast's website continued to describe it as a 6 million m³ per day terminal with a 2025 start date.