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Gastrade recently resumed Alexandroupolis FSRU operations following a technical issue in January this year, but the facility is yet to receive its next LNG shipment.
The FSRU is currently working at a limited regasification capacity of 45.4 GWh/day, including redundancy with respect to its booster pumps.
“The present 25 percent limitation of the terminal’s nominal capacity will be lifted at the start of the new gas year, on October 1, 2025, whereas certain operational restrictions may remain for a limited period thereafter,” according to Gastrade.
A spokeswoman for Gastrade told LNG Prime on Friday that “there are ongoing discussions with existing and potential users regarding the unloading of spot cargoes until the end of the current gas year 2024-2025.”
The spokeswoman did not provide further details.
“For the upcoming gas year 2025-2026, and in line with the provisions of the terminal access code, the process for the annual plan is underway and is expected to be finalized on September 1,” she said.
The Alexandroupolis LNG terminal has a capacity of up to 5.5 bcm per year, or some 66.3 TWh per year.
Gastrade’s shareholders include founder Copelouzou, DESFA, DEPA, Bulgartransgaz, and GasLog.
Four commercial LNG shipments
As previously reported by LNG Prime, UK-based energy giant BP supplied an LNG cargo to Bulgaria’s Bulgargaz via the Alexandroupolis FSRU in January.
The 2021-built 174,000-cbm, BW Lesmes, delivered the shipment from the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas to the 153,500-cbm FSRU, Alexandroupolis, on January 19.
In November last year, Bulgargaz picked UK-based BP Gas Marketing, a unit of BP, and US-based Venture Global Commodities to supply two spot LNG cargoes via the Alexandrouplis FSRU-based terminal in January and February this year.
This new delivery by BP marked the fourth commercial LNG delivery to the FSRU-based facility in Alexandroupolis.
Gastrade’s FSRU received its first commercial LNG shipment from Equinor’s Hammerfest LNG terminal in Norway on October 3, 2024.
This shipment was supplied to Bulgargaz by French energy giant TotalEnergies.