LNG terminalling

Your LNG gateway into Northwestern Europe

The Zeebrugge LNG terminal serves as a gateway to supply LNG into Northwestern Europe. Any LNG unloaded at the terminal can be redelivered for consumption on the Belgian market, or traded on the Zeebrugge Hub or onward transmission to supply other end consumer markets in any direction: the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxemburg, France and Southern Europe.

 

About 1,200 LNG carriers received

The Zeebrugge terminal facilities provide for loading and unloading ships carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG). LNG is stored there temporarily as a buffer in storage tanks and can be regasified and injected into the grid for transmission or loaded back onto LNG ships. About 1,200 LNG carriers have docked at the terminal since commissioning of the facility in 1987.

 

2010 and 2011 activities

2010 was the second busiest year for the LNG terminal since it began operations in 1987: a total of 71 carriers unloaded LNG compared with 78 in 2009, bringing in some 4.58 million tonnes of LNG, which is equivalent to 6 billion cubic metres of natural gas. Most of the 71 ships which berthed were loaded in Ras Laffan, Qatar while a number of others also delivered LNG from Norway, Egypt, Nigeria, Peru and Trinidad.

The first three months of the year 2011 saw 18 LNG carriers unloading at the terminal. Three of the ships docking at the terminal were so-called ‘Q-Flex’ carriers (capacity of up to 217,000 cubic metres of LNG).

Three long term terminalling contracts

In 2004, Fluxys LNG concluded long-term contracts with three terminal users: Qatar Petroleum/ExxonMobil, Distrigas and SUEZ LNG Trading. These contracts represent a jointly booked annual throughput of 9 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

 

Versatile infrastructure

  • Q-Flex ships (with a capacity up to 217,000 cubic metres of LNG) can dock at the terminal.
  • Smaller ships can also be received: e.g. in May 2010 the Coral Methane (with a capacity of 7,500 cubic metres LNG) moored at the terminal.
  • LNG ships can be both unloaded and loaded at the LNG terminal.


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