Dunkirk LNG books third commissioning cargo

France’s fourth liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in the port of Dunkirk is expected to receive another cargo for testing purposes.

The third commissioning cargo of about 135,000-cbm of LNG is expected to arrive at the terminal in the second half of November, Dunkerque LNG, the terminal operator said on Wednesday.

Dunkerque LNG did not reveal the name of the vessel nor from where the chilled fuel will be sourced.

One of Europe’s newest LNG terminals received its first commissioning cargo in July onboard Teekay’s 135,243-cbm Madrid Spirit that was followed by the 140,500-cbm Hispania Spirit in September.

The terminal’s commissioning process has not been slick. An incident occurred late July due to a malfunction of level sensors when some LNG was sent by mistake into the BOG circuits and a small amount of the fuel flowed to the base of the flare, causing a fire.

This caused delays in the commissioning process of the Dunkirk LNG terminal, which is expected to begin commercial operations by the end of the year.

Once in full operation, the terminal is expected to be able to regasify 13 billion cbm of gas per year, enough to cover about 20 percent of France and Belgium’s yearly gas consumption.

Dunkirk LNG is 65 percent owned by EDF, 25 percent by Fluxys and 10 percent by Total.

LNG World News Staff