Sines LNG Terminal
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Summary Information
- Ownership: REN Atlântico
- Website: http://www.ren.pt/
- Location: Sines, Portugal
- Capacity: 6.0 million tons/annum
- Status: In Operation
+++ Brief Description
- The LNG terminal consists of a docking station with a discharge capacity of 40,000 cubic meters to 165,000 cubic meters with an average discharge time of 20 hours, two storage tanks each having a capacity of 115,000 cubic meters and five open rack vaporizers for regasification.
+++ Technical Details
- Storage capacity: Two storage tanks each having a capacity of 115,000 cubic meters
- Unloading capacity:
- Send out capacity: The LNG terminal has a guaranteed (nominal) send out capacity of 600,000 cubic meters per hour (5.26 bcm per year), with a peak (interruptible) capacity of 900,000 cubic meters per hour
- Constructor:
* **Tractebel** * Complete EPC turnkey project for the initial construction * FEED and ITB package for the expansion project
+++ Ongoing Projects/Project Status
- The terminal is undergoing an expansion by SMM increasing the plant's receiving capacity from 6 million to 9 million metric tons of LNG per year.
- Increased regasification capacity from 900,000 nm³/h to 1,350,000 nm³/h
- Storage capacity of the terminal will be increased from 240,000 m³ to 390,000 m³ with the mechanical construction of one LNG tank with 150.000 m3 of capacity.
- The cost of the project is expected to be about $265 million, and completion is set for 2012
+++ Suppliers / Customers
- Suppliers:
- Customers: The LNG terminal was set up as a tolling facility, charging customers handling fees
* EDP has a contract to purchase LNG from the [[[Corpus Christi LNG Export Terminal Project]]]
+++ History
- 2000 - Tractebel awarded EPC contract
- 2004 - Terminal Commissioned
- 2006 - Terminal acquired by REN
- 2008 - Expansion project launched
- 2009 - EPC contract for expansion project awarded
- 2012 - Expansion project completed
+++ Other Information
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+++ Relevant Links
- [[[Tractebel Engineering LNG References]]]
- Terminal Webpage
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