German LNG terminal operator offers regas capacity at two terminals

DET announced on Tuesday the marketing of short-term regasification capacities at its FSRU-based LNG terminals in Brunsbüttel and Wilhelmshaven.

According to DET, auctions of OTD (obligation to deliver) slots in both terminals will be held via the PRISMA platform on February 4.

Moreover, auctions for NOTD (no obligation to deliver) slots will be held on February 5 for the Wilhelmshaven facility and February 6 for the Brunsbüttel facility.

DET will offer 17 Wilhelmshaven 1 slots (6 OTD and 11 NOTD) and 27 Brunsbüttel slots (3 OTD and 24 NOTD).

The auctioned period is from March 11, 2025 to January 2, 2026

DET said the slots with a standard cargo size of 160,000 cbm cover services for regasification, LNG storage, and sendout to the gas grid.

“The auctions start at 0.60 EUR/mmBTU for OTD and 0.71 EUR/mmBTU for NOTD,” DET said.

DET recently allocated six regasification slots for the first quarter of 2025 at its FSRU-based terminals in Brunsbüttel and Wilhelmshaven 1 following auctions.

Last week, Germany’s EnBW received the first commissioning cargo from Venture Global LNG’s Plaquemines plant in Louisiana at DET’s first FSRU-based LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven.

Two more terminals

Besides these two facilities, DET is working to launch its next two FSRU-based LNG import terminals in Stade and Wilhelmshaven.

“We anticipate commencing operations at the earliest possible opportunity within the first quarter,” a DET spokesperson recently told LNG Prime.

DET’s third LNG import facility in Stade features the 174,000-cbm FSRU Energos Force.

In March this year, the 2021-built FSRU, owned by Apollo’s Energos Infrastructure, arrived at the AVG jetty in Stade.

Once operational, the almost 300-meter-long ship will feed up to 5 bcm of gas per year into the German gas network.

DET’s second terminal in Wilhelmshaven will have a capacity of about 4 bcm per year.

Excelerate’s 138,000-cbm FSRU Excelsior arrived at the Navantia yard in El Ferrol, Spain last year for a planned stopover before its job in Wilhelmshaven.

According to its AIS data, the FSRU is still located there.