Your LNG gateway into Northwestern Europe

The Zeebrugge LNG terminal of NGVA Europe member Fluxys serves as a gateway to supply LNG into Northwestern Europe. Any LNG unloaded at the terminal can be redelivered for consumption on the Belgian market, or traded on the Zeebrugge Hub or onward transmission to supply other end consumer markets in any direction: the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxemburg, France and Southern Europe.

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The Zeebrugge terminal facilities provide for loading and unloading ships carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG). LNG is stored there temporarily as a buffer in storage tanks and can be regasified and injected into the grid for transmission or loaded back onto LNG ships. About 1,200 LNG carriers have docked at the terminal since commissioning of the facility in 1987.

2010 and 2011 activities
2010 was the second busiest year for the LNG terminal since it began operations in 1987: a total of 71 carriers unloaded LNG compared with 78 in 2009, bringing in some 4.58 million tonnes of LNG, which is equivalent to 6 billion cubic metres of natural gas. Most of the 71 ships which berthed were loaded in Ras Laffan, Qatar while a number of others also delivered LNG from Norway, Egypt, Nigeria, Peru and Trinidad.

The first three months of the year 2011 saw 18 LNG carriers unloading at the terminal. Three of the ships docking at the terminal were so-called ‘Q-Flex’ carriers (capacity of up to 217,000 cubic metres of LNG).

Three long term terminalling contracts
In 2004, Fluxys LNG concluded long-term contracts with three terminal users: Qatar Petroleum/ExxonMobil, Distrigas and SUEZ LNG Trading. These contracts represent a jointly booked annual throughput of 9 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

Versatile infrastructure

Q-Flex ships (with a capacity up to 217,000 cubic metres of LNG) can dock at the terminal.
Smaller ships can also be received: e.g. in May 2010 the Coral Methane (with a capacity of 7,500 cubic metres LNG) moored at the terminal.
LNG ships can be both unloaded and loaded at the LNG terminal.

Capacity of loading 4,000 LNG trucks per year
Transporting LNG by road is a particularly useful alternative for supplying natural gas to industrial sites in Europe where pipeline supplies are not available. Fluxys LNG offers the service of loading LNG trucks at its Zeebrugge terminal where one of the storage tanks is connected with an LNG truck loading station. Any LNG truck to be used for loading operations at the LNG terminal has to go through the Truck Approval Procedure prior to loading.

Cool down service as well
Fluxys LNG also offers the service of cooling down LNG trucks immediately prior to loading operations.

Agreements & tariffs
Fluxys LNG sells LNG truck loading slots and associated services on a ‘first committed, first served’ basis.

LNG Truck Approval Service Charge	€3,264 per LNG truck approval
LNG Truck Loading Service Charge	€512.20 per loaded LNG truck
Cool Down Service Charge	€2,176 per cool down

Commercial contact:
Pieterjan Renier
Tel.: +32 2 282 74 33
Fax: +32 2 282 67 51
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Source: Fluxys

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