Lithuanian FSRU in 500th STS LNG transfer

Lithuania’s KN Energies said the 170,000-cbm FSRU Independence had completed its 500th ship-to-ship LNG transfer in Klaipeda since the start of operations in 2014.

KN Energies said in a statement on Monday that the 500th LNG cargo arrived at the Klaipėda LNG terminal from the US. Since 2017, the FSRU has received a total of 78 US LNG cargoes.

Moreover, out of the 500 transfer operations, more than 100 were delivered to the Lithuanian natural gas supplier Ignitis.

“Symbolically, Ignitis was the client for both the first LNG cargo, which arrived in October 2014, and the 500th cargo, delivered to Klaipėda on March 15,” KN Energies said.

This year, 24 LNG transfer operations have been carried out in Klaipeda, with a total of 83 in 2024, according to KN Energies.

Since the terminal’s launch in October 2014, about 205 terawatt-hours (TWh) of LNG have been transferred.

The majority originated from Norway (52 percent) and the United States (37 percent), but the Klaipeda FSRU-based facility has also received LNG from Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago, Egypt, Algeria, and others.

In addition, the terminal serves clients from five countries – Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Norway, and Estonia.

The Klaipeda LNG terminal, consisting of the FSRU Independence, a jetty, and a connecting gas pipeline, was the first terminal of its kind in the Baltic region and across Northern Europe, and the second in Europe overall.

Last December, KN Energies assumed ownership of the FSRU Independence from Hoegh Evi, and the unit was registered under the Lithuanian flag.

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