Snam’s Ravenna FSRU arrives in Italy

supply diversification strategy launched in 2022, which has helped the country to successfully tackle the energy crisis following the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, also through the use of LNG.”

With the commissioning of BW Singapore, Italy’s total regasification capacity will rise to 28 billion cubic meters, equivalent to the volumes imported by pipeline from Russia in 2021, before the Russian-Ukrainian war, according to Snam.

Snam’s other FSRU-based LNG import terminal in the Italian port of Piombino recently received its 50th cargo since its launch last year.

The 170,000-cbm FSRU, Italis LNG, previously known as Golar Tundra, received its first commercial shipment from Eni in July last year.

Eni booked regasification capacity at the FSRU-based facility as part of its strategy to diversify LNG supplies to Italy through its internationally produced equity gas.

In April, the unit received its first LNG cargo from Eni’s Congo FLNG project.

In addition to these two FSRU-based terminals, Snam holds significant stakes in all the regulated LNG regasification terminals currently operating in Italy, including the Panigaglia terminal, the Adriatic LNG terminal. and the OLT FSRU Toscana terminal.