Project Profile
Value: US$1.106 billion
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Capacity: 8.7 Million ton/yr
Start-up year: 2011
The Rotterdam LNG Terminal project will see the construction of an LNG import terminal.The terminal will be located adjacent to Vopak\'s Rotterdam Oil terminal. The terminal is expected to have an initial throughput capacity of 12 Bcm/yr (8.7 million ton/yr), expanded from 9 Bcm/yr, and will consist of three storage tanks and two jetties. It would also host an estimated 180 ship movements each year. Annual throughput capacity can be increased to 16 Bcm (7.3mtpa) a year in the near future. The initial 9 Bcm per year capacity was booked 3 Bcm/yr each to Dong, Essent and OMV subsidiary EconGas. Shell has committed to a 4 Bcm/yr capacity purchase if Gate is later developed into a 16 Bcm/yr import facility. The LNG tanker “LNG Jupiter” has arrived on January 12, 2012 at the Gate terminal to deliver the first LNG to Eneco.
Operator:
Gate Terminal B.V.: which consists of constituent companies:
Vopak: Operator with 40% interest
N.V. Nederlands Gasunie: 40% interest
OMV: 5% interest
Essent: 5% interest
DONG Energy: 5% interest
E.ON Ruhrgas AG: 5% interest
Contractors:
Consortium company: TS LNG BV for Terminal EPC:
Techint Group
Sener Engineering
Consortium for storage tank EPC:
Vinci Plc.
Entrepose Contracting
Burckhardt Compression AG: Pipeline compressor
DNV (Det Norske Veritas): Safety and regulatory requirements advisor
Iberdrola: Supply LNG to the project
Off-take companies:
DONG Energy from Denmark
EconGas from Austria
E.ON Ruhrgas from Germany
RWE Supply & Trading from Switzerland
Eneco from the Netherlands
Fluor Corporation: Contract to design and build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) break bulk terminal in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and to provide facilities, boil-off gas compressors, connection to the LNG terminal and other facilities