Liquefied pure gasoline (LNG) specialist LNG Alliance is guaranteeing that landlocked nations within the Balkan area can entry pure gasoline amidst a world vitality disaster that continues to threaten international locations with out a longtime LNG provide infrastructure.
Destabilised by the continuing Russia-Ukraine struggle, Europe’s gasoline provide has witnessed main disruption, inflicting coastal nations to give attention to rising vitality safety by establishing new terminals and floating storage regasification models (FSRUs).
For landlocked Balkan nations LNG Alliance is developing the Bar LNG Terminal in Montenegro, which can serve Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Albania, and the southern area of Hungary.
Having accomplished prefeasibility research for the terminal earlier this 12 months, LNG Alliance additionally signed a brand new Memorandum of Understanding with the Port of Bar for additional superior research for the FSU-based 0.4 million tonnes each year (MTPA) import terminal.
With the potential to broaden import amount to 1.2 MTPA, the terminal will allow the provision of regasified LNG by way of gasoline pipelines to Montenegro earlier than being distributed all through the Balkans through vehicles and trains outfitted with ISO containers.
Based on 2021 figures, Balkan international locations Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia, have been depending on Russia for 100% of their gasoline provide for the 12 months, whereas Serbia obtained 89% of its provide from Russia.
“The present vitality disaster in Europe clearly demonstrates the need of alternate options to Russian gasoline,” mentioned an organization spokesperson. “In that context, the Bar LNG terminal will play a vital position as an LNG storage supplier and as an LNG distributor to supply vitality safety to all the area.”
With last funding choice (FID) for the terminal anticipated in Q3 2023, the terminal can even embrace options for utilization of the identical tanks and piping to deal with inexperienced ammonia imports sooner or later.
