Adriatic Rovigo LNG Terminal

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Summary Information

  • Ownership: Terminale GNL Adriatico Srl, commonly known as Adriatic LNG
  • Qatar Terminal Limited (45%) - a Qatar Petroleum subsidiary
  • ExxonMobil Italiana Gas (45%) – an ExxonMobil subsidiary
  • Edison (10%).
  • Website: http://www.adriaticlng.com/
  • Location: Porto Viro
  • Capacity: million tons/annum , 8 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year
  • Status: In Operation

Technical Details

  • Storage capacity: Two LNG storage tanks, each with a capacity of 125,000 cubic meters
  • Unloading capacity:
  • Send out capacity: 775 million cubic feet of natural gas per day

Constructors

  • Dragados Offshore:
    • Modular fabrication of the regasification terminal and all auxiliary structures
    • Integration of both the storage tanks and all modules on the GBS
  • The concrete LNG storage caisson was built by ACCIONA Infrastructure
  • Aker Kvaerner and Skanska's Norwegian subsidiary provided engineering and project management services
  • Emtunga: Living Quarters and Maintenance Building
  • Freyssinet: LNG Tank post-tensioning


Ongoing Projects/Project Status

  • In operation since 2009

Suppliers / Customers

  • Suppliers: Qatar Gas
  • Customers:
    • 80% of the terminal’s regasification capacity (equal to 6.4 billion cubic meters a year) will be reserved for Edison.

The remaining 20% will be available to market operators

History

  • 2004 - Aker Kvaerner awarded front-end engineering design (FEED) contract
  • 2004 - Aker Kvaerner awarded detailed design and planning contract
  • 2005 - Exxon & QP acquired majority of the project
  • 2008 - LNG storage caisson leaves Algeciras Bay for the Adriatic Sea
  • 2009 - Terminal operations started

Other Information

  • The Adriatic LNG Terminal is the first ever offshore Gravity Based Structure (GBS) for unloading, storing and regasifying Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).
  • The facility is located offshore of Porto Levante, in the northern Adriatic Sea, about 15 kilometers off the Veneto coastline, where it is set on the sea floor.

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