PGNiG LNG Loads 4000th Tank Truck at Swionujscie Terminal

Laxman Pai
Friday, January 25, 2019

Polish state-controlled oil and gas company Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA   (PGNiG) has released a statement claiming that the 4000th tank truck loaded with LNG has successfully left the Swionujscie terminal.

"Last year 1,794 LNG tank trucks filled with LNG left the Świnoujście terminal, compared to 1,523 in 2017. Since the mid-2016, when the LNG terminal became operational, a total of 4,000 tank trucks were loaded with LNG by PGNiG," it said in a statement.

PGNiG strengthens its position in the small-scale LNG market, with almost 18% more liquefied gas dispatched by the Company from Świnoujście last year than in 2017.

A vast majority of the LNG imported by PGNiG to Poland is regasified in the Świnoujście terminal and injected into the gas network. But the volumes of gas delivered to end users in the form of liquefied natural gas (small-scale LNG) are on the rise. With this method natural gas can be supplied to customers with no access to the countrywide network of pipelines.

Most of the LNG sold by PGNiG comes from the Świnoujście terminal, where it is delivered by ships from Qatar, Norway and the USA. The other source of supply of the Polish small-scale LNG market is the Company’s own liquefaction facilities in Odolanów and Grodzisk Wielkopolski.

According to the estimates, PGNiG holds an almost 70% share in the small-scale LNG market in Poland. The remaining part of the market is supplied by other entities importing this fuel by tank trucks.

 “Growing sales of liquefied natural gas are a consequence of the growing share of LNG in PGNiG’s import portfolio. The primary cause, however, is a rapid increase in demand for natural gas in liquefied form,” said Maciej Woźniak, Vice President of the PGNIG SA Management Board for Trade. “Our customers appreciate the highest quality and security of deliveries of the product offered by PGNiG”.

The largest end users of LNG are local gas grids, which operate wherever there is no access to countrywide network of pipelines. Those grids usually supply a single town or industrial facility.

Delivery of LNG  and its subsequent regasification (i.e. heating) on site is a very effective way to supply companies and households, due to the fact that natural gas in liquefied form has 600 times smaller volume than in volatile form. For example, a regasified load of a single LNG tank truck is sufficient to supply 194 households for a year if gas is used only to prepare meals. Or it can provide heating of a single-family house for almost 11 years.

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