Greece has installed its new LNG Floating Storage Unit (FSU) near the Revithoussa land based terminal and says the FSU will be ready to receive LNG shipments by the end of August
During a visit to the site, Greek Minister of Environment and Energy, Kostas Skrekas was quoted by Greek media outlet Kathimerini as saying “The new tank is ready to receive the first shipments of LNG by the end of August. This will make it possible to ensure our country’s supply of natural gas, a large percentage of which is used for electricity generation, and thus to shield our country in the coming days.”
Mr Skrekas visited the LNG carrier-turned-FSU Methane Lydon Volney accompanied by the Deputy Minister for Environment, Giorgos Amiras and the Secretary General for Energy & Mineral Resources, Alexandra Sdoukou and Greek gas grid operator DESFA’s CEO Maria Rita Galli.
Ms Galli also addressed the vessel’s capabilities and the impacts Russia’s war in Ukraine is having on energy markets.
“During this critical time, DESFA was on the frontline of current developments, implementing a series of investments to strengthen its infrastructures and further diversify Greece’s sources of [energy] supply, and significantly reduce the country’s dependence on natural gas coming from Russia.”
She added “With the addition of the FSU, we increase the total storage capacity of Revithoussa to 360,000 m3 and contribute decisively to ensuring alternative sources of supply via LNG unloadings and overall to the country’s security of supply, through our technical experience and infrastructure.”
The FSU is a GasLog-owned steam turbine 145,000m3 LNG carrier installed as a floating storage unit. The FSU is moored near the Revithoussa LNG Terminal – currently the only LNG terminal in Greece.
GasLog’s LNG carrier is one of two vessels in the LNG operator’s fleet chartered to DESFA for 12 months.
Source: https://www.rivieramm.com/news-content-hub/greece-welcomes-gaslogs-lng-carrier-installed-as-a-fsu-72331
