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Gas Regional Investment Plan of the South Region 2017
Developments of LNG are expected in Montoir, Fos, Sines, Mugardos and Canary
Islands (Gran Canaria and Tenerife).
The LNG terminal in Montoir could be expanded from 10 to 12.5bcm by 2020/2022,
requiring notably the reinforcement of the Maine pipeline and the reinforcement of
compressor stations.
The expansion of the LNG terminal Fos Cavaou from 8 to 16bcm by 2020/2022
would involve the reinforcement of the Rhône pipeline from South to North, includ-
ing Eridan on 220km, Arc Lyonnais on 200km, the Beauce pipeline on 63km and
additional compressor power.
In Sines LNG terminal, the capacity of regasification will increase due to the startup
of the project of a Compressor Station in the main high-pressure pipeline. The
schedule of this project is aligned and is an enabler of the PCI project 5.4 – 3
rd
in-
terconnection between Portugal and Spain (TRA-N-283, TRA-N-284, TRA-N-285).
In Mugardos LNG terminal, send-out nominal capacity would increase from
115GWh/d to 230GWh/d in 2023 (LNG-N-295). This regasification expansion
would allow the effective balance of the send-out capacities between the LNG Ter-
minals of the Cantabrian-Atlantic and Mediterranean basins, bringing the entry
points of the system closer to consumption zones and therefore maximizing the in-
teroperability of the system, providing it with greater flexibility and enhancing secu-
rity of supply.
In addition, the construction of a third jetty (LNG-N-296) and the storage extension
(LNG-N-297) in Mugardos are projected for 2020 and 2022 respectively. These two
projects would allow the terminal to take advantage of its strategic location regard-
ing the recent development of reloading and bunkering services, the LNG logistics
business, the use of LNG in sea transportation and the development of an efficient
local fleet. Besides, the expansion of LNG storage facilities would help to get slightly
closer to the current storage capacities of the gas systems in central Europe. This
third tank of Mugardos Terminal would increase the LNG storage capacity in
190,000m³ LNG.
New two LNG terminals will be created to supply the Canary Islands: one in Tenerife
(Arico–Granadilla), and another one in Gran Canaria. Both plants have the same the
regasification (42GWh/d, 1.3bcm/y), and LNG storage capacity (150,000m³ LNG).
It is also planned to increase the regasification capacity of both plants up to 2bcm/y
(63GWh/d), and the LNG storage capacity up to 300,000m³ LNG.
The LNG terminal in Musel, in the North of Spain, is only waiting for the start-up
authorization of the government to come into operation. The construction of this
plant has been completed, and the government will grant the start-up authorization
when the capacity is required, which is assumed to take place within the TYNDP
period. For practical purposes in the elaboration of the TYNDP 2017, it is assumed
that the start-up date will be the last year of the ten-year period of the TYNDP 2017
(2016–2026), but it does not constitute an estimate of the start-up date.