Botas launches tender for fourth Marmara LNG tank

The Marmara Ereglisi LNG terminal is Turkey’s first LNG facility and has been in operation since 1994.

It currently has a 37 million Sm3 /day regasification capacity and three storage tankers each with a capacity of 85.000 cbm.

According to a tender document posted on the Botas website, the fourth LNG tank will have a capacity of 160,000 cbm.

The duration of the contract is 1080 days, and the work will start within 10 days from the date of signing the contract.

Bids must be submitted by February 10 at 10.30am local time.

Besides this LNG terminal, Botas operates the FSRU-based Dortyol facility and the FSRU-based Saros terminal.

Last year, Botas agreed to buy the 2020-built 180,000-cbm FSRU, Vasant 1, which serves the Saros terminal, for $399 million.

There is also one other FSRU operating in Türkiye at the privately-owned Etki terminal in Aliaga, Izmir, while Egegaz operates the Izmir Aliaga LNG facility.

LNG supply deals

Botas was very active last year in signing supply deals to increase portfolio diversity and flexibility, as part of Türkiye’s plans to become an LNG hub.

Most recently, it agreed to buy LNG from French energy giant TotalEnergies in September 2024.

Under this deal, Botas will receive 16 LNG cargoes or up to 1.6 billion cubic meters for a period of 10 years starting in 2017.

Prior to that, Botas also signed a sales and purchase agreement with UK-based LNG giant Shell.

Under this 10-year deal, Botas will receive 40 LNG cargoes per year, or up to 4 billion cubic meters of LNG.

The agreement includes an option for Botas to receive the shipments at European terminals, outside Türkiye.

In May 2024, Botas signed a deal with US energy giant ExxonMobil to buy LNG from the latter, and in April it also signed a 10-year SPA with state-owned producer Oman LNG.

Before this, Botas and Algeria’s LNG producer, Sonatrach, extended their LNG supply deal for three more years.