Bahia Blanca LNG Terminal

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Bahia Blanca LNG Terminal is the first liquified natural gas (LNG) receipt terminal located in South America and the world's second dockside regasification facility.

Location

It is located at Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Project Details

• Parent: Excelerate Energy, YPF, Repsol-Stream
• Location: Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, , Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Coordinates: -38.7855, -62.2869 (exact)
• Capacity: 3.8 mtpa, 0.55 bcfd
• Additional Proposed Capacity:
• Status: Idle
• Type: Import
• Start Year: 2008

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

Background

Bahia Blanca LNG Terminal is a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It has supplied natural gas to the local grid since 2008. The floating terminal includes a jetty-mounted natural gas offloading arm that connects to a regasification vessel.

Currently, the Exemplar is based at the Bahia Blanca, offering a storage capacity of 150,900 m³. In 2011, the 138,000 m³ Excellence FSRU was replaced with the same-sized Excelsior FSRU.