The 2016-built 171,800-cbm LNG carrier, Tessala, owned by Sonatrach’s Hyproc Shipping, delivered the cargo to the 140,000-cbm FSRU on January 29, according to state-owned LNG Croatia.
Tessala’s AIS data shows the LNG carrier previously picked up the cargo at Sonatrach’s Arzew LNG plant in Algeria.
The Croatian FSRU mainly receives shipments from the US, but it also received cargoes from Algeria, Qatar, Nigeria, Egypt, Trinidad, Indonesia, and reloads from European terminals.
The Krk LNG terminal has shipped more than 9.32 billion cubic meters of natural gas into the Croatian system, according to LNG Croatia.
The LNG terminal regasified more than 15.5 million cubic meters of LNG and completed 472 truck loading operations.
Due to high demand, LNG Croatia is currently working to boost the capacity of its FSRU-based Krk LNG terminal.
In 2023, a unit of Finland’s Wartsila won a contract to supply one regasification module for the FSRU.
Under the contract, Wartsila Gas Solutions is building the regas module with a maximum capacity of 250,000 m3/h. The firm awarded the module contract to China’s CIMC SOE.
The current three LNG regasification units have a maximum regasification rate of 451,840 m3/h.
Following the upgrade, the Krk LNG facility will have a capacity of about 6.1 bcm per year in 2025.
LNG Croatia said in a recent social media post the final inspection of the regasification module had been completed at CIMC SOE.
“With the inspection now complete, the regasification module is soon to be ready for delivery, bringing us one step closer to significantly boosting our LNG terminal capacity and reinforcing energy security in the region,” the company said.
Last month,Türkiye’s Kuzey Star Shipyard secured a contract from LNG Croatia related to the capacity expansion.
The contract awarded to Kuzey Star is worth about 14.6 million euros ($15 million) and the scope of services includes installation, implementation, and commissioning of the new module and equipment on the FSRU.
