Montoir de Bretagne LNG Terminal

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Summary Information

  • Ownership: Elengy (GDF Suez)
  • Website: http://www.elengy.com/
  • Location: Montoir de Bretagne, Loire Estuary, France
  • Capacity: 10 bcm/year
  • Status: In Operation

Brief Description

  • The Montoir de Bretagne terminal, located on the Mediterranean Coast, is the largest in France, and is supplied from sources in North Africa.

Technical Details

  • Storage capacity: Three 120,000m³ tanks
  • Unloading capacity:
  • Send out capacity:
  • Constructor:
    • Saipem: LNG Tanks

Ongoing Projects/Project Status

Suppliers / Customers

  • Suppliers:
    • Primarily from Algeria, Egypt and Nigeria as well as Qatar
    • The terminal is to receive gas from the USA
  • Customers: As well as serving the grid, the terminal supplies a 435 MW natural gas power plant that was commissioned in 2011

History

  • 1980 - Terminal operations begin
  • 2006 - Gaz de France launches an invitation to subscribe for the expansion of the capacities of the Montoir-de-Bretagne LNG terminal
  • 2007 - Jacobs awarded expansion project contract
  • 2012 - The terminal received its 2,500th cargo
  • 2015 - Supply contract signed with Cheniere

Other Information

Links

  1. Montoir De Bretagne, Elengy
  2. Saipem LNG References
  3. Second Spot LNG Cargo to Gaz de France Loaded
  4. Jacobs Receives Contract From Gaz de France for LNG Terminal Extension in France
  5. GDF SUEZ inaugurates a new 435 MW natural gas power plant at Montoir-de-Bretagne
  6. 2 500 LNG Cargoes Received By Elengy’s Montoir-DeBretagne Lng Terminal
  7. ENGIE and Cheniere enter into an LNG Sales and Purchase Agreement