December 2 (SeeNews) - The LNG Croatia ship - the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Krk island, has arrived at the site with its first cargo in preparation for the launch of commercial operations on January 1, the project company said.
The preparations for the commissioning of the terminal, including testing the ship's systems and the onshore facilities have been planned to begin on December 2, state-owned company LNG Croatia said in a statement on Tuesday.
In a separate statement, the economy ministry said on Tuesday that the vessel has a total storage area of 140,206 cubic metres, and is equipped with three regasification units with a maximum regasification rate of 451,840 cubic metres per hour. Yet, it will operate at a maximum capacity of up to 300,000 cubic metres per hour, or 2.6 billion cubic metres per year.
The ministry said that the LNG terminal's capacity has been fully booked for the first three years of operation starting from January 2021, and 84%-booked for the following years until 2027.
The Krk LNG terminal will deliver gas to the Croatian national transmission network connected to fellow EU member states Slovenia, Italy and Hungary, as well as non-EU Serbia and Montenegro.
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