Deutsche ReGas: Mukran FSRU continues to boost regas volumes

Deutche ReGas said in a statement that the “Deutsche Ostsee” facility fed 4.4 TWh into the German grid during the cold and snowy month of January.

The company said this is the largest gas volume of all German LNG terminals in January, following December, November, and October.

“For the fourth month in a row, we are operating what is by far the highest-performing LNG terminal in Germany. We deliver this performance without state support, and are a cornerstone of the energy supply in the east of the republic, as well as for all of Germany,” Ingo Wagner, CEO of Deutsche ReGas, said.

Deutsche ReGas is offering up to two billion cubic meters per annum of additional long-term regasification capacity at its FSRU-based LNG terminal.

The LNG terminal operator is advancing its plans to expand its facility on the Baltic Sea to the nameplate capacity of 13.5 bcma under the BNetzA regulatory exemption.

In December, a spokesman for Deutsche ReGas told LNG Prime that the company was running a tender process to bring back a second floating storage and regasification unit at its LNG import facility in Mukran.

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.

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.

Deutsche ReGas recently also filed a legal challenge against the decision of the European Commission regarding state aid of up to 4.9 billion euros ($5.86 billion) granted by Germany to state-owned DET for its FSRU-based terminals.