Zeebrugge LNG Terminal
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Zeebrugge LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Belgium with units that are proposed and operating.
Location
Table 1: Location details
| Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 Expansion | Zeebrugge, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium[1] | 51.353, 3.22241 (exact) |
| 2024 Expansion | Zeebrugge, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium[1] | 51.353, 3.22241 (exact) |
| 2025 Expansion | Zeebrugge, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium[1] | 51.353, 3.22241 (exact) |
| Zeebrugge LNG Terminal (base project) | Zeebrugge, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium[1] | 51.353, 3.22241 (exact) |
| Zeebrugge Multi-molecule Hub | Zeebrugge, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium[1] | 51.353, 3.22241 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the terminal:
Project Details
Table 2: Infrastructure details
| Name | Facility type | Status | Capacity | Total terminal capacity | Offshore | Associated infrastructure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Expansion | import[2] | operating[3] | 3.3 mtpa[2] | – | False | Dunkirk LNG Terminal; Dunkirk Zeebrugge Pipeline[4][4] |
| 2024 Expansion | import[2] | operating[5] | 4.7 mtpa[2] | – | False | Dunkirk LNG Terminal; Dunkirk Zeebrugge Pipeline[4][4] |
| 2025 Expansion | import[2] | operating[6] | 1 mtpa[2] | – | False | Dunkirk LNG Terminal; Dunkirk Zeebrugge Pipeline[4][4] |
| Zeebrugge LNG Terminal (base project) | import[2] | operating[7] | 3.3 mtpa[2][6] | N/A (multiple facility types) | False | Dunkirk LNG Terminal; Dunkirk Zeebrugge Pipeline[4][4] |
| Zeebrugge Multi-molecule Hub | import[8] | proposed[8] | – | – | False | Dunkirk LNG Terminal; Dunkirk Zeebrugge Pipeline[4][4] |
Table 3: Cost
| Name | Facility type | Cost | Total known terminal costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Expansion | import[2] | – | US$126,440,000 |
| 2024 Expansion | import[2] | US$104,257,544.07 (95,649,123 EUR)[9] | US$126,440,000 |
| 2025 Expansion | import[2] | US$22,182,455.93 (20,350,877 EUR)[9] | US$126,440,000 |
| Zeebrugge LNG Terminal (base project) | import[2] | – | US$126,440,000 |
| Zeebrugge Multi-molecule Hub | import[8] | – | US$126,440,000 |
Financing
No financing data available.
Table 4: Project timeline
| Name | Facility type | Status | Proposal year | FID year | Construction year | Operating year | Inactive year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Expansion | import[2] | operating[3] | 2004[3] | – | 2004[3] | 2008[3] | – |
| 2024 Expansion | import[2] | operating[5] | 2021[10] | 2021 (FID)[10] | 2022[11] | 2024[5] | – |
| 2025 Expansion | import[2] | operating[6] | 2021[10] | 2021 (FID)[10] | 2022[11] | 2025[10][10][6] | – |
| Zeebrugge LNG Terminal (base project) | import[2] | operating[7] | 1976[7] | – | 1982[7] | 1987[7] | – |
| Zeebrugge Multi-molecule Hub | import[8] | proposed[8] | –[8] | – | – | – | – |
Ownership
Table 5: Ownership
| Name | Facility type | Status | Owners | Parent companies | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Expansion | import[2] | operating[3] | Fluxys LNG SA [100%][12] | Publigaz SA [77.4%]; Energy Infrastructure Partners AG [15.2%]; small shareholder(s) [7.4%] | Fluxys LNG[12] |
| 2024 Expansion | import[2] | operating[5] | Fluxys LNG SA [100%][12] | Publigaz SA [77.4%]; Energy Infrastructure Partners AG [15.2%]; small shareholder(s) [7.4%] | Fluxys LNG[12] |
| 2025 Expansion | import[2] | operating[6] | Fluxys LNG SA [100%][12] | Publigaz SA [77.4%]; Energy Infrastructure Partners AG [15.2%]; small shareholder(s) [7.4%] | Fluxys LNG[12] |
| Zeebrugge LNG Terminal (base project) | import[2] | operating[7] | Fluxys LNG SA [100%][12] | Publigaz SA [77.4%]; Energy Infrastructure Partners AG [15.2%]; small shareholder(s) [7.4%] | Fluxys LNG[12] |
| Zeebrugge Multi-molecule Hub | import[8] | proposed[8] | Fluxys LNG SA [100%][12] | Publigaz SA [77.4%]; Energy Infrastructure Partners AG [15.2%]; small shareholder(s) [7.4%] | Fluxys LNG[12] |
Background
Zeebrugge LNG Terminal is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal in the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. It has a capacity of 9 billion cubic meters per year[13]. It was proposed in 1976, construction began in 1982, and it was brought online in 1987.[14] It is owned by Fluxys LNG, a subsidiary of the Belgian gas firm Fluxys.[15][16][17]
In May 2016, France and Belgium launched a €1.2 billion bidirectional gas transmission pipeline, the Dunkirk Zeebrugge Pipeline, connecting Dunkirk to the Fluxys Zeebrugge LNG Terminal, and allowing the Dunkirk LNG Terminal to access the German, Dutch and UK gas market. The pipeline has an 8 bcm/y transport capacity.[18]
According to Food & Water Europe's 2019 profile on Belgian gas use, "...the Zeebrugge port [terminal has] an import capacity of 9 bcm/y, which is also a strategically important port for gas flows from Norway and the UK. Moreover, it provides loading services, meaning that if LNG prices are high enough in another part of the world, LNG could be shipped there from Zeebrugge (the process of liquefying and regasifying entails significant energy consumption as well as emissions, and transporting the LNG overseas also demands significant energy use). However, the Zeebrugge energy terminal is largely underused. Between 2011 and 2018 the average daily utilization rate only attained 10%. In 2019, the facility got the green light to finalize new long-term contracts up to 2044."[19]
In September 2019, Qatar Petroleum booked the full LNG regasification capacity of Zeebrugge LNG terminal up to 2044.[20] In September 2020, the terminal began transporting gas by rail, widening the opportunities for customers.[21]
In July 2020, Fluxys LNG, owner and operator of the Zeebrugge import terminal, reframed its Small-Scale Berthing Rights service into Stand Alone Berthing Rights, making the loading and unloading of additional small and large LNG cargoes possible. In September, the first LNG container was loaded at the terminal for rail transport from the port, creating an intermodal logistics chain. In October 2020 Fluxys LNG consulted the market regarding a new LNG service - Virtual Liquefaction - that would be available as of January 2021 and will enable liquefaction by counter-nominating gas on regasified flows.[22]
As of February 2024, Fluxys was marketing the project as the "Zeebrugge Multi-molecule Hub," suggesting the facility would be able to import low-carbon hydrogen or derivatives in the future.[23]
Expansions
A first capacity expansion was conducted in 2004-08. The first expansion added capacity of about 3 mtpa.[24]
A second expansion project began in 2011. The second project consisted of a fifth storage tank and a second berthing jetty. The second jetty was completed in January 2017.[25][26] Construction on the fifth storage tank began in 2015, and is expected to be completed in 2018. It is unclear how much capacity the expansion project will add in total.[27]
According to Gas Infrastructure Europe, in December of 2019 construction was underway for additional storage capacity.[28]
2024 & 2025 Expansions
In February 2021, Fluxys took a final investment decision on expanding the terminal's capacity.[29] In the Fluxys Belgium and Fluxys LNG ten year investment plan, published in February 2021, there is a budget line of €116 million for the planned regasification expansions as well as for a new LNG truck loading dock.[30]
In December 2021, it was announced that the Lithuanian MT Group had secured a €14 million (US$15.9 million) contract from Fluxys to expand the terminal's capacity, with onsite work expected to start in February 2022. MT Group said the expansion work was also aimed at significantly abating greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants.[31]
In April 2022, MT Group said it had completed preparatory work for the terminal expansion and that construction work was progressing.[32]
In early January 2024, the expansion came online, according to the February 2024 ICIS LNG Global Supply & Demand Outlook.[33] The expansion comprised three new open rack vaporizers.[34]
The final stage of the expansion project, originally scheduled to begin in 2026, came online ahead of schedule in January 2025.[35]
Transshipment of Russian LNG
The fifth LNG storage tank, with a capacity of 180,000 cubic metres of LNG, started operations in 2020 to serve a long-term contract agreed in 2015 between Zeebrugge LNG Terminal and Russia's Yamal Trade for the delivery of LNG from the Yamal LNG Terminal in Siberia for worldwide transshipments from Zeebrugge. Fluxys said that up to 8 million tonnes of Russian LNG per year could be transshipped at Zeebrugge.[36] A report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) in March 2022 noted that almost 90% of the total Yamal LNG exports that were transshipped at Zeebrugge since 2021 have been sent to non-European markets. Ana Maria Jaller-Makarewicz, IEEFA's Europe energy analyst and author of the report, commented: "Fluxys and its shareholders have profited by facilitating Russian exports of LNG to Asian, South American and Middle East markets, especially during the winter months. It's exacerbated the European energy crisis and is contributing to the profit margins of Russian fossil fuel projects."[37] A report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air in April 2022 calculated that, with €717 million from LNG imports, Zeebrugge was the sixth ranked port globally for the value of Russian fossil fuel shipments received in the first two months since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[38]
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://www.google.com/maps/place/51%C2%B021'10.8%22N+3%C2%B013'20.7%22E/@51.3530033,3.2198351,619m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d51.353!4d3.22241?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 (PDF) https://giignl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GIIGNL-2024-Annual-Report-1.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240124172828/https://www.energycharter.org/fileadmin/DocumentsMedia/Trainings/TP3_RvanBeurden.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-24.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 (PDF) https://www.foodandwatereurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/France_FactSheet_2019-final.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 (PDF) https://analytics.icis.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ICIS-Global-LNG-SnD-Outlook_2024.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 (PDF) https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67bdb9fc993751711c5f54fd/685278fda1e68e3b4324e2cf_0432365c1c5b8fb129ae8055cca8cb9b_%23GIIGNL%20-%20Livre%202025-20250610-Simple.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 (PDF) https://www.gti.energy/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/6-6-Pieterjan_Renier-LNG17-Paper.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 https://www.fluxys.com/en/projects/zeebrugge-multi-molecule-hub.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://www.fluxys.com/nl/company/fluxys-belgium/infrastructure.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 https://www.fluxys.com/en/press-releases/fluxys-belgium/2021/210215_press_investment_decision_regasification_capacity.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://www.mtgroup.lt/mt-groups-existing-contract-for-works-at-the-lng-zeebrugge-terminal-belgium-supplemented-with-a-new-add-on-contract/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 https://www.fluxys.com/en/about-us/company.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ About Fluxys accessed Jan 6, 2020
- ↑ Renier, Pieterjan. "Zeebrugge LNG Terminal" (PDF). Fluxys. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Fluxys Zeebrugge LNG Terminal, A Barrel Full, accessed April 2017.
- ↑ GIIGNL. The LNG Industry: GIIGNL Annual Report 2017. Accessed July 21, 2026.
- ↑ Zeebrugge LNG terminal, Fluxys website, accessed July 2017.
- ↑ France, Food and Water Europe, accessed December 4, 2019
- ↑ Belgium, Food & Water Europe, accessed December 3, 2019.
- ↑ Qatar Petroleum books the full LNG regasification capacity of Zeebrugge LNG terminal in Belgium up to 2044, Hellenic Shipping News, September 4, 2019
- ↑ Lydia Woellwarth, Zeebrugge LNG able to be transported by rail, LNG Industry, 14 September 2020
- ↑ GIIGNL. The LNG Industry: GIIGNL Annual Report 2021. Accessed July 21, 2026.
- ↑ "Zeebrugge Multi-molecule Hub". www.fluxys.com. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ↑ Welcome to Fluxys' Zeebrugge LNG Terminal, Fluxys slideshow, 15 May 2014
- ↑ The second jetty at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal has been commissioned, Fluxys website, accessed July 2017.
- ↑ Fluxys opens second Zeebrugge LNG jetty, LNG World News, 10 Jan. 2017.
- ↑ Fifth storage tank being built in the Zeebrugge LNG Terminal, Fluxys website, accessed Jul. 2017
- ↑ LNG Database, Gas Infrastructure Europe, accessed December 6, 2019
- ↑ Zeebrugge LNG terminal: final investment decision taken for additional regasification capacity, Fluxys press release, Feb. 15, 2021
- ↑ Indicatief investeringsplan Fluxys Belgium & Fluxys LNG 2021-2030, Fluxys, accessed Dec. 13, 2021
- ↑ MT Group bags Zeebrugge LNG expansion gig, LNGPrime, Dec. 24, 2021
- ↑ MT Group’s existing contract for works at the LNG Zeebrugge Terminal (Belgium) supplemented with a new add-on contract, MT Group press release, Apr. 12, 2022
- ↑ ICIS. 2024 ICIS LNG Global Supply & Demand Outlook. February 2024.
- ↑ GIIGNL. The LNG Industry: GIIGNL Annual Report 2024. Accessed July 21, 2026.
- ↑ https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67bdb9fc993751711c5f54fd/685278fda1e68e3b4324e2cf_0432365c1c5b8fb129ae8055cca8cb9b_%23GIIGNL%20-%20Livre%202025-20250610-Simple.pdf
- ↑ Zeebrugge LNG terminal: transshipments under Yamal long-term contract started, Fluxys press release, Jan. 7, 2022
- ↑ Zeebrugge terminal serves as hub for transport of Russian gas to non-European markets, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, Mar. 21, 2022
- ↑ Financing Putin’s war on Europe: Fossil fuel imports from Russia in the first two months of the invasion, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, Apr. 28, 2022
