LNG import assets in Italy and Holland give E.ON new options
Europe’s most unique LNG import facility in terms of technology and commercial shipping structure is set to begin operations after the turn of the year.
Known as Offshore LNG Toscana (OLT), the facility is based around an LNG carrier, the former “Golar Frost”, converted into a floating storage and regasification unit.
The vessel has been renamed “FSRU Toscana” and will be permanently moored just inside the 12-mile limit off the Tuscan city of Livorno, Italy’s second largest Mediterranean port after Genoa.
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E.ON’s LNG regasification portfolio is expanding in Europe with new capacity holdings at terminals in the Netherlands and offshore Italy |
Third facility
The facility will be Italy’s third LNG import terminal. The onshore and long established Panigaglia facility near Genoa has been in operation since 1969. It is owned by Snam Rete Gas, a subsidiary of Italian energy company Eni.
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