Geramar FSRU
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Geramar FSRU, also known as Terminal de GNL Geramar, is a shelved (inferred 2 y) LNG import terminal in Brazil.
Location
Table 1: Location details
| Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Geramar FSRU | Porto de Itaqui, Maranhão, Brazil[1] | -2.579534, -44.368472 (approximate) |
The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:
Project Details
Table 2: Infrastructure details
| Name | Facility type | Status | Capacity | Total terminal capacity | Offshore | Associated infrastructure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geramar FSRU | import[1] | shelved (inferred 2 y) | – | – | False | Geramar III power station[2] |
Table 3: Cost
| Name | Facility type | Cost | Total known terminal costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geramar FSRU | import[1] | – | – |
Financing
No financing data available.
Table 4: Project timeline
| Name | Facility type | Status | Proposal year | FID year | Construction year | Operating year | Inactive year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geramar FSRU | import[1] | shelved (inferred 2 y) | 2019[2] | – | – | –[1][1] | 2025 (shelved) |
Ownership
Table 5: Ownership
| Name | Facility type | Status | Owners | Parent companies | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geramar FSRU | import[1] | shelved (inferred 2 y) | unknown[1] | unknown | – |
Background
The proposed terminal would supply natural gas to the proposed 1.8 GW Geramar III power station currently being developed by Gera Maranhão, which received its preliminary license from the Brazilian environmental authority Ibama in June 2019.[3] According to documents filed with Ibama by Gera Maranhão in 2019, the terminal was to be operated by a third party and licensed separately from the power plant. Gera Maranhão was expected to enter the project in Brazil's forthcoming national energy auctions.[4][5]
As of October 2020, the terminal's exact location was yet to be determined; Brazil's energy research agency EPE noted that it might be based offshore in the Bay of São Marcos or the Boqueirão Canal, or onshore in the Port of Itaqui or the surrounding vicinity.[3] However, an October 2021 planning report from the Port of Itaqui specifically mentioned the use of a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in conjunction with the Gera Maranhão project.[6]
A July 2021 report from Brazil's energy research agency EPE continued to list the Geramar Terminal as a key project under consideration, in the environmental licensing phase.[7][8]
In April 2023, Brazil's national ports authority approved a petition from Itaqui's port administrator EMAP (Empresa Maranhense de Administração Portuária) requesting the right to develop a new berth (Berço 94) capable of acccommodating a 14 million m3/day FSRU.[9][10] The new berth, together with pipelines and other associated infrastructure, was authorized to occupy an area of 28,000 m² within Itaqui's port zone.[9] The decision cleared the way for EMAP to solicit bids from companies interested in developing an FSRU project at the Port of Itaqui. As of May 2023, EMAP declined to comment on its timeline for launching the bidding process[10], and it remained unclear whether Geramar intended to place a bid. Other competitors potentially interested in developing the project included Eneva and Servtec, which formed a joint venture in 2021 to assess prospects for operating an LNG terminal at Itaqui[11] and New Fortress Energy, which had been contemplating a similar FSRU project in nearby São Marcos Bay.[8]
As of September 2025, two years had passed without further news of any new LNG terminal at the Port of Itaqui, and the project was presumed to be shelved.
Articles and Resources
Additional data
To access additional data, including an interactive map of LNG terminals, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Terminais de GNL no Brasil, Ciclo 2019-2020" (PDF). EPE (Empresa de Pesquisa Energética). 2020-10-31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125090634/https://www.epe.gov.br/sites-pt/publicacoes-dados-abertos/publicacoes/PublicacoesArquivos/publicacao-412/Nota%20T%C3%A9cnica%20-%20Terminais%20de%20Regaseifica%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20de%20GNL%20no%20Brasil%20%28Ciclo%202018-2019%29.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25.
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- ↑ "Plano de Desenvolvimento e Zoneamento do Porto do Itaqui" (PDF). EMAP (Empresa Maranhense de Administração Portuária). October 2021.
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- ↑ "Brazil's Eneva, Servtec to partner on proposed Maranhao LNG terminal". S&P Global. November 22, 2021.
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