Black Sea LNG Terminal

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Black Sea LNG Terminal, also known as Romgaz Socar LNG Terminal, is an LNG import and export terminal in Romania with units that are proposed.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Export Facility	Kulevi, Romania	42.275558, 41.63284 (approximate)
Import Facility	Constanta, Dobruja, Romania	44.188527, 28.652581 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
Export Facility	export	proposed	–	N/A (multiple facility types)	False	–
Import Facility	import	proposed	–	–	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Export Facility	export	–	–
Import Facility	import	–	–

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
Export Facility	export	proposed	2022	–	–	–	–
Import Facility	import	proposed	2022	–	–	–	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Export Facility	export	proposed	RomGaz; State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic	RomGaz; State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic	–
Import Facility	import	proposed	RomGaz; State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic	RomGaz; State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic	–

Background

In October 2022, Romanian gas producer Romgaz and Azerbaijan's state-owned Socar announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop an LNG project in the Black Sea. The project would consist of a liquefaction plant, an LNG regasification plant, as well as all other installations and facilities needed in order to transport natural gas from the Caspian region into Romania. The two firms will conduct a study to identify the technical, financial, and commercial feasibility of such a project. This project is distinct from an earlier Romgaz proposal, Constanta LNG Terminal.

In April 2024, it was reported that the feasibility study was complete and Romgaz and Socar were still planning to invest in the project. The regasification project would be sited at the port of Constanta. The status of the LNG export terminal was unclear, and it could potentially be sited at the Georgian port of Kulevi.

Transgaz describes this project as located "on the shore of the Black Sea" in its 2026-2035 infrastructure development plan, with the target start year of 2030.

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Additional data

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