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QATARGAS has delivered a first cargo to Greece’s Revithoussa LNG terminal, on July 20. e facility was expanded in late 2018 and has taken some US cargoes, for Greek and Bulgarian consumption.
e Qatari company said the delivery on the Al Gharrafa Q-Flex vessel was the rst it had provided since the expansion. It was loaded on July 3. e vessel has capacity of 216,000 cubic metres.
Qatargas said this had come under a mul- ti-port delivery deal with France’s Engie utility. e next cargo from Qatargas for Engie will go to the Cartagena terminal, in Spain, later this month.
“This significant delivery is aligned with Qatargas’ strategy to continue growing the ever increasing number of terminals that our Q-Flex andQ-Maxvesselscandeliverinto,”saidQatar- gas’ CEO, Khalid bin Khalifa Al ani.
Engie’s head of LNG, Gordon Waters, said the co-operation with Qatargas would “fur- ther build upon our long-standing relationship whilst supplying our Greek and Spanish coun- terpartieswithcompetitivegasandLNG”.
Greece is reported to have received two US LNG cargoes since carrying out the expansion project, while Bulgaria received a shipment
from the Corpus Christi LNG plant in May, Platts has reported. Another US delivery, via Revithoussa, for Bulgaria is expected in the third quarter.
e Revithoussa terminal was constructed in 1999 and is operated by Greece’s National Natural Gas System Operator (DESFA). e expansion work increased storage capacity to 225,000 cubic metres, also allowing it to accept larger vessels – up to Q-Flex. e terminal can export gas to Bulgaria via the Sidirokastro link, following a 2016 agreement.
Qatar is working to balance its deliveries to existing clients – recently announcing its 3,000th cargo to Japan – with emerging sources of demand. In June, it announced the delivery of the largest ever single cargo – of 207,000 cubic metres – to Turkey’s Marmara terminal. is facilityunderwentexpansionworkin2018.
Greece is working on further import plans, with its Gastrade utility issuing a tender for a oating storage and regasi cation unit (FSRU) at Alexandroupolis. is unit will be stationed in the race Sea, with a pipeline connecting it to the National Natural Gas Transmission Sys- tem (NNGTS).
Bulgaria has also expressed an interest in using this unit, although it is unclear whether
Zawarto identi ed infrastructure as a key obstacle, saying that Gaz-System and Eustream would have to carry out complex engineering work to make the interconnector viable. It said: “In order to pass under the elements of the road and municipal infrastructure and watercourses, approximately 20 smaller trenchless crossings will be made, with a total length of 885 metres,” he said.
He added: “[There] will be drilling
conducted under the Sanoczek river at a depth of approximately 50 metres and a length of approximately 1 km. Moreover, the gas pipeline route runs through mountainous areas, with an elevation of 337 metres from the starting point at the Strachocina station to the nal point at the Polish border. On the gas pipeline route, two shut-off and relief valve systems will be constructed in the towns of Plonna and Nowy Lupkow. "™
Qatargas delivers Revithoussa supplies
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