The 2004-built 145,445-cbm LNG carrier, Lalla Fatma N’Soumer, owned by Sonatrach’s Hyproc Shipping, delivered the cargo to the 140,000-cbm FSRU on May 1, according to state-owned LNG Croatia.
Lalla Fatma N’Soumer’s AIS data shows the LNG carrier previously picked up the cargo at Sonatrach’s Arzew LNG plant in Algeria.
“It is strange to say, especially if you look at how many LNG carriers have already been at the LNG terminal, but today, after 117 LNG carriers, after almost four and a half years of operation, the first Moss-type LNG carrier with those famous spherical tanks, named Lalla Fatma N’Soumer coming from Algeria, has arrived at the LNG terminal,” LNG Croatia said.
“Now we can say that after Q-Max, Q-Flex, and small-scale vessels, we have hosted all major types of LNG carriers at our terminal,” the firm said.
The Croatian FSRU mainly receives shipments from the US, but it also receives cargoes from Algeria, Qatar, Nigeria, Egypt, Trinidad, Indonesia, and reloads from European terminals.
The Krk LNG terminal has shipped more than 9.91 billion cubic meters of natural gas into the Croatian system, according to LNG Croatia.
The LNG terminal regasified more than 16.3 million cubic meters of LNG and completed 516 truck loading operations.
Additional regas capacity
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 built the regas module with a maximum capacity of 250,000 m3/h.
The firm awarded the module contract to China’s CIMC SOE.
CIMC SOE recently completed Wartsila’s regasification module.
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 is currently offering additional regasification capacities for the next 15 gas years (2025/2026 – 2039/2040).
On May 12, the firm plans to hold an auction organized in cooperation with PRISMA.
