Greece’s Alexandroupolis FSRU receives new LNG shipment

The 2023-built 174,000-cbm, Maran Gas Marseille, which is on charter to France’s TotalEnergies, was on Tuesday morning local time located at the 153,600-cbm FSRU, Alexandroupolis, its AIS data provided by VesselsValue shows.

Maran Gas Marseille previously loaded a cargo of LNG at Venture Global LNG’s Calcasieu Pass LNG terminal in Louisiana, the data shows.

As previously reported, TotalEnergies supplied this LNG cargo to Bulgaria’s Bulgargaz under a two-cargo tender.

Last month, TotalEnegies delivered the first LNG cargo to the Alexandroupolis FSRU under this tender award.

This LNG cargo was sourced from Sempra’s Cameron LNG terminal in Louisiana, and it was the second commercial LNG shipment for the Alexandroupolis FSRU.

Gastrade’s FSRU Alexandroupolis received its first commercial LNG shipment from Norway on October 3.

A unit of TotalEnergies also delivered this cargo to Bulgargaz which previously booked capacity at Gastrade’s terminal.

In addition, units of UK-based energy giant BP and US LNG exporter Venture Global will supply cargoes to Bulgargaz in January and February following the completion of a tender.

One LNG cargo per month

Gastrade’s shareholders include founder Copelouzou, DESFA, DEPA, Bulgartransgaz, and GasLog.

This is Greece’s first FSRU and the second LNG import facility, adding to DESFA’s import terminal located on the island of Revithoussa.

The Alexandroupolis LNG terminal has a capacity of up to 5.5 bcm per year, or some 66.3 TWh per year.

Gastrade previously told LNG Prime it expects to receive one LNG cargo per month at its FSRU-based LNG import terminal in the next five months.

A sheet provided by Gastrade to LNG Prime showed that the first 2025 delivery is expected on January 25-26, the second on February 22-23, and the third cargo is expected on March 10.

Gastrade expects the fourth 2025 delivery on July 27.

According to the company, 14 Greek and international companies are participating commercially in the project, committing almost all of the terminal’s capacity until at least 2030.

Besides Bulgargaz, Venture Global LNG recently booked long-term capacity at Gastrade’s LNG import terminal.

Under the binding terminal use agreement, Venture Global has secured about 1 mtpa of LNG regasification capacity at the terminal for five years, beginning in 2025.

Venture Global said its capacity will account for about 25 percent of the total terminal capacity or about 12 LNG cargoes annually.