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New LNG Import Terminal Planned for Sweden
Norwegian-based Skangass AS has hired The Linde Group (Linde) to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Lysekil on Sweden's west coast, Linde have announced.
The new mid-scale import terminal is scheduled to start operations in spring of 2014, supplying natural gas to the Preem refinery and for industrial and transportation uses.
Linde executive board member Aldo Belloni said the company completed Sweden's first LNG terminal in Nynäshamn last year.
"We see ourselves on the right course to strongly benefit from the trend towards LNG as a low-emission fuel and petroleum substitute," he said.
The new terminal will be 50 percent larger than the Nynäshamn with a storage capacity of 30,000 cubic metres.
LNG for both terminals comes from a plant near Stavanger, Norway—also built for Skangass by Linde—that went into operations in 2010.
Linde said LNG will support compliance with the low-sulfur rules for shipping that go into effect in the Northern European Emissions Control Area (ECA) in 2015.
"LNG offers a reliable and economical solution to a wide range of applications and will help to comply with the upcoming regulations," the company said.
Bomin Linde LNG, a joint venture of Linde and Marquard & Bahls AG subsidiary Bomin, recently announced plans for an LNG terminal for bunkering at the Port of Hamburg.
