Italy’s Adriatic LNG terminal gets 1200th cargo

Italy’s Adriatic LNG import terminal, owned by VTTI and Snam, has received its 1,200th cargo of liquefied natural gas since its launch in 2009.

Adriatic LNG announced the milestone shipment in a social media post on Friday.

According to Adriatic LNG, the terminal sent 7.4 billion cbm of natural gas to the national grid in the first eleven months of 2025, equal to 14 percent of national demand.

Moreover, the facility delivered over 108 billion cbm of gas since 2009.

Adriatic LNG also noted that the terminal’s annual regasification capacity has been increased from an initial 8 billion cbm to the current 10.4 billion cbm.

The world’s first offshore gravity-based LNG import terminal sits about 14 kilometers offshore of Porto Levante.

Adriatic LNG sent 4.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas into the national pipeline network during January-June this year.

The facility received 39 LNG carriers during the first half, mostly from Qatar and the US.

In September, the terminal resumed full operations following the completion of maintenance activities.

Adriatic LNG shut down the facility on August 1 for scheduled maintenance and to carry out plant modifications to further increase regasification capacity from 9.6 to 10.4 bcm.

During the shutdown, maintenance activities on the loading arms and vaporizers were successfully completed.

In December last year, Rotterdam-based storage terminal owner VTTI, co-owned by Vitol, IFM, and Adnoc, and Italian energy firm Snam completed their acquisition of Adriatic LNG.

Italy’s largest LNG terminal is now owned by VTTI and Snam with 70 percent and 30 percent ownership, respectively.