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Dunkirk LNG terminal

Client: EDF Group

Location: Dunkirk's Western Harbour - France (2016)

The Dunkerque LNG terminal offers:

 

  • A jetty large enough to enable the unloading/reloading of the largest LNG carriers (267,000m3) at a maximum flow rate of 14,000 m3 per hour for unloading and 4,000 m3 per hour for reloading. The Dunkerque LNG terminal is currently being modified to enable a maximum reloading flow rate of 8,800 m3 (LNG) per hour

  •  3 storage tanks, each capable of storing 190,000 m3 of LNG at -163°C

  •  10 Open Rack Vaporizers (ORV) or regasifiers to raise the temperature of the LNG and enable it to return to its natural gas state ready to be sent out into the supply network

  • A 5 km tunnel between the discharge canal of the Gravelines nuclear power plant and the terminal – to carry some of the heated cooling water discharged by the power plant for use in reheating the LNG in the ORVs

COMMERCIAL OFFERS

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Dunkerque LNG has a regasification capacity of 13 billion m3 per year.

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The Dunkerque LNG terminal offers its customers a series of key advantages:

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  •  Three 190,000 m3 storage tanks – some of the biggest in Europe

  •  A deep water port for year-round accessibility

  •  True flexibility to accommodate all sizes of vessel, from 65,000  m3 to the world's largest Qmax LNG carriers (267,000  m3)

 

Its innovative design makes it possible to optimise the upstream market (for gas import contracts), as well as the downstream market (network send-out) via the allocation of confirmed transmission rights:

  •  Number of unloading/reloading slots

  •  Storage capacity

  •  Minimum and maximum send-out

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