Norwegian energy company Equinor will transship liquefied natural gas cargoes at an FSRU-based terminal operated by KN Energies in Klaipėda, Lithuania, for delivery to Gas Grid’s FSRU-based facility in Inko, Finland.
Recently renamed Lithuanian LNG terminal operator KN Energies said in a statement on Friday that a record amount of 105,000 cubic meters of LNG will be transferred from the 170,000 cubic meter FSRU Independence in Klaipeda to the 150,000 cubic meter LNG vessel Amur River. It was announced that he had been transferred to
“These LNG volumes from Equinor are the largest volumes ever transshipped from FSRU Independence to a conventional-sized vessel during the terminal’s opening,” KN said.
Until now, commercial LNG transshipments from FSRU Independent were limited to small LNG vessels.
According to KN, typically less than 10,000 cbm of LNG was transshipped, with the largest transshipment being just over 17,000 cbm of LNG.
Inko FSRU
KN said that the 288-meter-long Amur River is suitable for operation in low temperature and icy conditions with ice class 1A FS.
The LNG carrier, built in 2008, is owned by Dynagas LNG Partners and chartered by Germany’s SEFE and will deliver the cargo to Finland’s Inkoo LNG terminal.
Excelerate Energy’s 150,900 CBM FSRU Exemplar is serving Gasgrid’s import facility in Inkoo under a charter agreement.
KN noted that Finland’s natural gas needs have been met by LNG imports since the Baltic Connector gas pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia broke and was shut down in early October last year.
Finland’s state-owned energy company Gasum recently delivered another large LNG cargo to the Inkoo FSRU-based terminal operated by Gas Grid.
In addition to this delivery, Gasum has booked another slot at Inkoo FSRU for the second half of the winter season.
These two cargoes will allow Gasum to meet customers’ natural gas needs until spring 2024, Gasum said.
Besides Gasum, Este Gas, a division of Estonian investment company Infolter, announced last November that it would deliver three more LNG cargoes to the FSRU-based terminal during the winter.