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Gazprom launches floating LNG terminal in Kaliningrad
Gazprom over the New Year's holidays commissioned a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Kaliningrad region. The project was launched with one year's delay due to problems encountered during implementation of the unique project in building a regasification vessel and a berth in choppy Baltic waters. The project cost over 60 billion rubles. During the launch, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller announced that transit to Kaliningrad via Belarus and Lithuania through the Minsk-Vilnius-Kaunas-Kaliningrad gas pipeline was ceased at the same time, meaning the exclave is now able to be supplied exclusively via the sea terminal, thus minimizing hypothetical risks of disruptions to transit via Lithuania.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the launch of the floating regasification terminal Marshal Vasilevsky off Kaliningrad Region. The terminal aims to enable an alternative supply route - by sea - for natural gas in a liquefied form.
A key component of the terminal is a fixed marine berth with a breakwater. This facility is unique as far as domestic engineering practices are concerned. It is located 5 kilometers from the shore, where the sea is about 19 meters deep, which allows the floating regasification unit to be moored. The berth is a 125.5-meter monolithic slab of high-strength concrete resting on 177 piles. Special equipment for receiving gas is installed on top of the slab along with mooring devices. From the seaward, the berth is protected with a robust 728-meter C-shaped breakwater. Its structure helps the vessel operate safely and is able to withstand powerful Baltic storms.
Marshal Vasilevskiy is the only FSRU in Russia. The vessel transports LNG (174,000 cubic meters of reservoir capacity) and performs regasification operations, converting LNG to gaseous form.
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