The only private LNG terminal operator in Germany announced on Wendesday that there are no more regasification slots available at the “Deutsche Ostsee” facility.
The Mukran LNG terminal currently consists of the 2009-built 145,000-cbm, FSRU Neptune, after Deutsche ReGas terminated the charter contract for the 174,000-cbm FSRU Energos Power with the German government.
“Since March 24, 2025, the terminal is called by LNG carriers every week for the time being. Each carrier feeds approximately one terawatt-hour into the gas transmission grid,” Deutsche ReGas said.
This week, the LNG terminal will receive another LNG delivery from Hammerfest in Norway.
The terminal’s daily feed-in capacity is around 120 – 150 GWh.
This corresponds to the consumption of three 1-gigawatt gas-fired power plants for electricity generation or the average gas consumption of 6.5 million two-person households, according to Deutsche ReGas.
Second FSRU
Ingo Wagner, managing partner of Deutsche ReGas said the demand for natural gas in Germany is currently “high, also in order to refill the gas storage facilities, which are approximately 30 percent full.”
“In April 2024, the fill level of gas storage facilities was at around 67 percent. The demand is also emphasized by the latest decisions of the EU Commission to extend the requirements for gas storage filling,” he said.
In the long term, there are “signs of a significant increase in LNG supply” on the global market.
Amid the energy transition and geopolitical uncertainties, LNG will establish itself as an “important building block” in the German energy mix.
“This also underlines our plans to restore terminal operations with two regasification ships and the original terminal capacity of 13.5 billion cbm of natural gas from 2027 at the latest,” Wagner said.
Earlier this month, Deutsche ReGas revealed plans to reinstall a second FSRU at its Mukran LNG terminal by announcing the launch of an open season for long-term capacity.
The firm offered 5 bcma of “competitive” long-term capacity starting from 2027 up until 2043.
According to Deutsche ReGas, the open season will end on July 4, and interested parties are requested to send an email before April 17.
The FSRU Neptune is 50 percent owned by Hoegh Evi and sub-chartered by Deutsche ReGas from French energy giant TotalEnergies, who also holds capacity rights at the Mukran facility along with trader MET.
