Adriatic Rovigo LNG Terminal

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Adriatic Rovigo LNG Terminal is an offshore LNG terminal off the coast of Rovigo Province, Italy, in the Adriatic Sea.

Location

The map below shows the location of the terminal, 14 km off the coast of Rovigo Province, Veneto Region.

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Project Details

• Owner: Terminale GNL Adriatico Srl
• Parent: ExxonMobil (70.7%), Qatar Petroleum (22%), Edison (7.3%)
• Location: 14 km off the coast of Rovigo Province, Veneto Region, Italy
• Coordinates: 45.091667, 12.586111 (exact)
• Capacity: 5.87 mtpa, 0.84 bcfd
• Status: Operating
• Type: Import
• Start Year: 2009

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Background

Adriatic Rovigo LNG Terminal is an offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal, 14 km off the coast of Rovigo Province, Italy. Construction began in Spain in May 2005, and was conducted by a consortium of nine firms; the terminal was towed into place in 2008, and brought into service in October 2009. It is owned by ExxonMobil (70.7%), Qatar Petroleum (22%), and Italian firm Edison (7.3%). It is connected by pipeline to a metering station in Cavarzere.

As of June 2017, Italian gas group Snam, controlled by state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, was looking to buy Edison's 7.3% stake in the terminal and in the gas pipeline that connects it to Italy's gas transmission backbone.

Opposition

Opposition groups have cited the low utilization rates of Italy's operating LNG terminals to call into question the necessity of such extensive LNG infrastructure in the country. According to Food and Water Europe's 2019 profile on Italy's gas use, "Between January 2012 and March 2019 all Italian LNG terminals were used at only ~31% of their capacity."