First shipment of LNG to Finland arrives at Skangas terminal

The first shipload of liquefied natural gas (LNG) yesterday arrived at the Gasum’s subsidiary Skangas LNG terminal in Pori, Scangas said in a press release.

To be completed in August, the facility is the first LNG import terminal in Finland. LNG was brought with the time chartered Skangas Coral Energy carrier from the North West Europe. The Skangas LNG terminal is undergoing commissioning, and commercial deliveries to customers will begin in September. LNG will help diversify the Finnish energy market as it enables deliveries to industrial operators outside the gas pipeline network as well as for maritime and heavy-duty road transport.

About Scangas LNG Terminal
Skangas is building Finland’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at the oil and chemical harbor Tahkoluoto in the Port of Pori. The LNG terminal is scheduled for completion in the autumn of 2016. The terminal’s LNG storage capacity will be 30,000 m3 (15,000 t). LNG deliveries will be made to industrial customers as vaporized gas fed through a local 12-km connecting pipeline, by sea in tanker ships or by truck. Ships can bunker LNG by bunker vessel at the terminal or by ship-to-ship. The terminal area will include an LNG tank (height 35 m, outer diameter 42 m), loading docks, process units (compressor and vaporizers), flare torch (height less than 50 m), three loading docks for road tankers, a transformer building, and a heat production unit. There is a natural gas pipeline that connects the terminal to the local m20 Industrial Park.