SMALL SCALE LNG
The first project in Italy to promote a sustainable transport

Refueling of ships, road transport and access to energy in remote places

We want to make liquefied natural gas accessible for the Italian market, reducing emissions in the maritime and heavy road transport sectors and allowing to methanise areas of our country not yet connected to the grid. This is why we are developing the first integrated supply chain in Italy for the transport on small-sized LNG ships for the liquefied natural gas storage and distribution (Small Scale GNL).

The first stage of this process started in 2019 with the building of the first coastal LNG deposit in mainland Italy in the Port of Ravenna and of the first LNG ship of 30,000 cubic meters. In addition to this, an authorized deposit in Oristano and two other coastal storage projects under development in Southern Italy.

 

What is Small Scale LNG

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is obtained by cooling natural gas to -160° C, after having separated it from water and other substances that would freeze at such temperatures.

After this transformation natural gas in liquid state occupies volumes 600 times lower than in gaseous state and can therefore be easily transported along sea routes with great flexibility.

Once it has reached its destination place, liquefied natural gas can be immediately used as a fuel for maritime transport or unloaded and stored in small-scale plants, to then be distributed to fuel filling stations for powering heavy vehicles or to industrial plants and small gas distribution networks not connected to the gas pipeline grid.

The Ravenna project

Thanks to the agreements signed with Gruppo PIR and Knutsen in 2019, we started to build the first integrated small scale LNG logistics chain in Italy, by realizing a 20,000 cubic meter coastal depot in Ravenna and a small-sized LNG ship in our exclusive use in order to transfer LNG from large regasification terminals to coastal depots.

The Ravenna Project

The Brindisi Project

We are engaged in the development of a coastal storage project with a storage capacity of approximately 17,000 m3 in the Costa Morena Est quay of the Port of Brindisi. The quay will be equipped to allow the offloading of LNG and the fueling of barges and tankers.

 

The LNG transport ship

The agreement stipulated with Knutsen OAS Shipping provides for the exclusive use of a 30,000 cubic meter LNG ship. The ship supplies LNG coastal depots carrying LNG mainly from terminals across Europe and can be configured also to perform Ship-To-Ship cargo operations.

 

Energy that makes transport more sustainable

The development of Small Scale LNG is supported by a positive institutional strategic context both globally and nationally. To achieve the long-term goal to reduce emissions set by COP 21 in Paris, G20 countries confirmed the role of natural gas as a source for energy transition.

Using LNG instead of traditional fuels allows indeed a significant CO2 reduction and an almost total drop of other pollutants emissions into the atmosphere.

 

EMISSION REDUCTION WITH GNL
 CO2NOxSOxPM
Maritime Transport25%90%~100%~100%
Road Transport20%60%~100%~100%

CO2: Carbon dioxide / NOx: Nitrogen oxides / SOx: Sulfur oxides / PM: Particulate matter

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