A first of two floating storage and regasification units has arrived in Eemshaven in The Netherlands with the second due on site by Tuesday as Europe steps up the pace on its shift away from Russian gas.
Dutch energy company Gasunie said on Sunday that the 170,000-cbm FSRU Golar Igloo (built 2014) had “just arrived” with the second — Exmar’s 25,000-cbm barge-based FSRU Eemshaven LNG (built 2017) — due soon.
Gasunie said together the two will form the EemsEnergyTerminal.
The company described the arrival of the FSRUs as “an important step for the realisation of the project”.
Eikland Energy founder Kjell Eikland said current data shows that two LNG carriers are also expected to arrive in Eemshaven with cargoes.
He said 173,545-cbm Murex (built 2017) is expected on the 9 September with a cargo that loaded at Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass LNG plant in the US Gulf.
Similarly, port information shows the 174,000-cbm GasLog Georgetown (built 2020) is also due later in September with a second cargo from Sabine Pass.
When in position — the barge-based unit will be moored to the quayside with the larger Golar Igloo alongside and receiving visiting LNG carriers — the two regas vessels will offer a combined capacity of 1,200 standard cubic feet of gas per day.
Eemshaven looks set to be the first of the quick-fire LNG import projects to start up. Gasunie moved fast to put it in place immediately after Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February.
Fears over European gas supplies shot up again on Friday when Russia said it would not be restarting the Nord Stream 1 pipeline due to technical issues.
