Lithuania: Klaipeda LNG July regas volumes jump

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification volumes at Lithuania’s first and only import terminal in the port of Klaipeda jumped during the month of July. 

The terminal operator Klaipedos Nafta’s data shows that the company’s LNG import terminal and its small-scale LNG facility have regasified and reloaded 2.25 TWh of natural gas in July, 169.1 percent above the 0.84 TWh recorded during the same period of 2018.

During the first seven months of 2019, the company in total regasified and reloaded 8.67 TWh of the natural gas which compares to 5.35 TWh during the same period of 2018.

Sales revenue from the LNG facility in July reached €5.9 million ($6.6 million) 11.3 percent above the €5.3 million reported in the corresponding quarter last year.

The preliminary revenue of the LNG terminal for the January-July period comprise €41.5 million up by 9.8 percent compared to the €37.8 million reported in the same period of 2018.