Klaipeda LNG Terminal

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Klaipėda LNG Terminal is a floating LNG terminal in Lithuania.

Location

The map below shows the current location of the FSRU, in the port of Klaipėda, Klaipėda County.

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Project Details

• Owner: Klaipedos Nafta
• Parent: Government of Lithuania
• Location: Klaipėda Port, Klaipėda, Klaipėda County, Lithuania
• Coordinates: 55.66451, 21.13762 (exact)
• Capacity: 3.0 mtpa
• Status: Operating
• Type: Import
• Start Year: 2014

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

Background

Klaipėda LNG Terminal is a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) regasification terminal in Lithuania. The terminal is the FSRU known as Independence, built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea, and delivered to the Klaipėda port in October 2014; the ship is owned by Höegh, and leased for $68 million per year.

According to Food and Water Europe's 2019 profile of gas use and production in Lithuania, "...the new LNG terminal hasn’t (yet) led to any significant change in the amount of gas consumed in the country. With an average use of only 23% in the Klaipeda terminal, it has not fulfilled the promises made by its promoters. Running at only 80% capacity, the terminal could cover the gas use of the entire Baltic region....the utilization rate of the terminal is quite low and a big share of the capacity is booked not by an energy company but a fertilizer producer, Achema."

In 2017, Lithuania signed the first deal to import fracked U.S. gas.

Associated Pipelines

Two pipelines are associated with the Klaipeda terminal, connecting the terminal to the other Baltic countries. The Klaipeda Kursenai Gas Transmission Pipeline is a 111km pipeline, with a 3.7bcm/y transport capacity. It connects the LNG terminal to the Baltic gas market. Construction was completed in October 2015 (€60 million, with €27.6 million coming from EU funds). The proposed Latvia Lithuania Interconnection Pipeline has been granted PCI status and will double the current capacity, reaching 4.4 billion cubic meters per year.