Project Profile
Value: US$34.95 million
Location: West of Marseille, France
LNG carriers capacity: 50,000 cubic metres
Send out capacity: 5.5 billion m3
Receiving capacity: 75,000 m3
Start-up: 6 November 1972
Fos Tonkin LNG terminal opened alongside the Canal du Rhône on November 6, 1972. Since then, this facility has received more than 5,500 liquefied natural gas carriers. It has played a crucial role in the emergence of the Mediterranean market for LNG. The terminal was designed to accommodate the then-new generation of LNG carriers like the Descartes, with a capacity of 50,000 cubic metres. Fos-Tonkin first started operations in 1972 and was refurbished in 1995 and 1999. In 2005, the peak send-out capacity was increased from 532 mmcfd to 677 mmcfd.In 2012, the Fos-Tonkin terminal celebrated its 40th anniversary with nearly 5,500 ships having been delivered to the terminal. In June 2014, the terminal started offering an LNG truck loading service. Loading capacity was doubled to eight tanker trucks per day from July 2016. A new renovation project (total investment: US$34.95 million) was launched in 2012 so the site can operate until 2020. An investment project is currently being examined with a view to building a new tank that would enable the site to continue operating until 2035. Located on the Mediterranean coast, 50 km west of Marseille, the Fos Tonkin terminal operates 24/7, receiving LNG carriers transporting up to 75,000 m3 of LNG, a capacity level appropriate to Mediterranean traffic. The terminal has a send-out capacity of 5.5 billion m3 of natural gas per year and unloaded 101 cargoes in 2011.
Operator:
Elengy (subsidiary of Engie): Operator with 100% interest