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Świnoujście LNG terminal (also referred as Terminal LNG in Świnoujście, Polskie LNG or Baltic LNG) is a
Polskie LNG S.A.
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Świnoujście LNG terminal (also referred as Terminal LNG in Świnoujście, Polskie LNG or Baltic LNG) is a liquefied natural gas
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the volu ...
import terminal at Świnoujście
Świnoujście (; german: Swinemünde ; nds, Swienemünn; all three meaning "Świna ivermouth"; csb, Swina) is a city and seaport on the Baltic Sea and Szczecin Lagoon, located in the extreme north-west of Poland. Situated mainly on the islands o ...
, Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
. It is operated by Polskie LNG S.A., a subsidiary of Gaz-System
OGP Gaz-System S.A. ( pl, Operator Gazociągów Przesyłowych GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.) is a designated natural gas transmission system operator in Poland.
The company was established on 16 April 2004 as a wholly owned subsidiary of PGNiG (Polish Petroleum ...
.
History
Discussions about the project started in 2006. The project was originally developed byPGNiG
Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. ( en: Polish Oil Mining and Gas Extraction S.A.), abbreviated to PGNiG, is a Polish state-controlled oil and gas company, headquartered in Warsaw, Poland. The company has branches and representative ...
through its subsidiary Polskie LNG S.A. In January 2008, SNC-Lavalin
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is a Canadian company based in Montreal that provides engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services to various industries, including mining and metallurgy, oil and gas, environment and water, infrastructure, a ...
was chosen for the front-end engineering design Front-end loading (FEL), also referred to as pre-project planning (PPP), front-end engineering design (FEED), feasibility analysis, conceptual planning, programming/schematic design and early project planning, is the process for conceptual developme ...
. The engineering, procurement and construction
Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts (a type of turnkey contract) are a form of contract used to undertake construction works by the private sector on large-scale and complex infrastructure projects.
Overview
Under an EPC co ...
contract was signed with a consortium of Saipem
Saipem S.p.A. (Società Anonima Italiana Perforazioni E Montaggi lit. ''Drilling and Assembly Italian Public Limited Company'') is an Italian multinational oilfield services company and one of the largest in the world. Until 2016 it was a subsid ...
, Techint
Techint is an Argentine conglomerate founded in Milan in 1945 by Italian industrialist Agostino Rocca and headquartered in Milan (Italy) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). As of 2019 the Techint Group is composed of six main companies in the following ...
, Snamprogetti
Saipem S.p.A. (Società Anonima Italiana Perforazioni E Montaggi lit. ''Drilling and Assembly Italian Public Limited Company'') is an Italian multinational oilfield services company and one of the largest in the world. Until 2016 it was a subsi ...
, and PBG.
Construction started in March 2011.
After creation of Gaz-System and its separation from PGNiG, the newly created company took over the ownership of Polskie LNG S.A. The terminal was inaugurated by prime minister Ewa Kopacz
Ewa Bożena Kopacz (; given name, née Lis; born 3 December 1956) is a Polish politician who has served as a Vice-President of the European Parliament since 2019. She previously was Marshal of the Sejm from 2011 to 2014, the first woman to hold th ...
on 12 October 2015.
The gas carrier has delivered the first order on 11 December 2015.
Technical description
The terminal has unloading jetty for largeLNG tanker
An LNG carrier is a tank ship designed for transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG).
History
The first LNG carrier ''Methane Pioneer'' () carrying , classed by Bureau Veritas, left the Calcasieu River on the Louisiana Gulf coast on 25 January ...
s, two storage tanks and regasification train. The terminal's initial regasification
Regasification is a process of converting liquefied natural gas (LNG) at −162 °C (−260 °F) temperature back to natural gas at atmospheric temperature. LNG gasification plants can be located on land as well as on floating barges, i.e. a Float ...
capacity is , and with the construction of the third tank its capacity is due to expand to reach satisfying approximately 50% of Poland's annual gas demand. The total cost of the terminal is €950 million (PLN 3.5billion). The first LNG delivery to the terminal is expected on 11 December 2015.
The construction of the third tank is expected to be completed by 2023 and will cost 1.9 billion zloty.
There is a plan to create a gas corridor from the Świnoujście terminal to Adria LNG
LNG Hrvatska d.o.o. (also ''LNG Croatia LLC'') is a company that operates a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal in Omišalj on the island of Krk, Croatia. It commenced operations on 1 January 2021, with full capacity (2.6 ...
terminal in Croatia
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See also
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External links
Polskie LNG S.A.
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LNG
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the volu ...