Lithuania: Klaipeda LNG regas volumes down in 2017

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) volumes at Lithuania’s first and only import terminal in the port of Klaipeda declined 13.4 percent in 2017 when compared to the year before.

The Klaipeda LNG import terminal regasified and reloaded 12.6 terawatt hours (TWh) last year as compared to 14.6 TWh the year before, according to the latest data by the terminal operator, Klaipėdos Nafta.

These volumes almost halved in December to 0.85 TWh.

Deliveries to Lithuania’s LNG terminal are being split between Litgas, a part of state-controlled energy group Lietuvos Energija, Lietuvos Duju Tiekimas, and Lithuanian fertilizer producer Achema.

On the other side, revenues coming from regas and reloading activities from Höegh LNG’s FSRU Independence used as Lithuania’s first import terminal in Klaipeda rose 2 percent to 68.2 million euros ($82m) in 2017.

In December, revenues remained the same at 5.5 million euros, the data shows.

LNG World News Staff