Project Profile

Location: 120 km to the south of Lisbon, Portugal
Storage capacity: 390,000 cubic metres
Berthing capacity: 40,000 - 216,000 cubic metres

The Sines LNG project is located in the Portuguese Atlantic coast, in the industrial area of Sines port, about 120 km to the south of Lisbon. It consists of port facilities for the reception, load and refill of methane carriers, expedition facilities that represent LNG Terminal depot, three LNG storage tanks, LNG processing facilities and natural gas dispatch facilities for the pipeline connecting the Sines LNG Terminal to the Natural Gas Transport Network.

The Terminal consist of a docking station for ships with a capacity from 40, 000 to 216, 000 m3 GNL with an unloading time of about 20 hours. It also has three storage tanks with a commercial capacity of 390,000 m3 GNL and seven open-rack vaporizers for LNG regasification. The LNG Terminal has a nominal emission capacity of 900,000 m3(n)/hour, a maximum capacity of 1 350 000 m3(n)/hour and it can load up to 4,500 tanker trucks a year.

Project Expansion

The efficiency and costs of use of the terminal make it one of the key terminals in the Iberian Peninsula. The work in the second phase of the project, which began in 2009, has been completed within the time frame and in accordance with the initial budget of around 200 million euros. It included the construction of the third LNG storage tank as well as other facilities, such as new seawater circuits with an emission system and a third tanker filling bay.

Operators:

Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN): 100% interest