HIGAS LNG Terminal

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HIGAS LNG Terminal, also known as Santa Giusta LNG Terminal, is an operating LNG import terminal in Italy.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
HIGAS LNG Terminal	Oristano, Sardinia, Italy	39.863873, 8.554238 (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
HIGAS LNG Terminal	import	operating	0.2 mtpa	0.2 mtpa	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
HIGAS LNG Terminal	import	US$41,638,000 (38,200,000 EUR)	US$41,638,000

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
HIGAS LNG Terminal	import	operating	2015	–	2018	2021	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
HIGAS LNG Terminal	import	operating	HIGAS [100%]	Avenir LNG [100.0%]	HIGAS

Background

First reports of the terminal proposal appear in October 2015.

The purpose of the Santa Giusta HIGAS system is to receive LNG from small and medium-sized gas carriers, to discharge the liquid into the storage tanks so that it can be used mainly in liquid form as fuel for automotive, industrial, civil and marine use and as a gas to be fed into the pipeline networks that already partially exists in the area. LNG will be stored in 6 horizontal low-pressure cryogenic tanks; it is a modular storage system, which can be subdivided or expanded based on market demand, meaning that only a part of the total capacity may be in use at any given time. Initial storage capacity will be 9,000 cubic meters of LNG.

The HIGAS facility will allow for truck loading of up to 180,000 mtpa via 2 truck bays, as well as regasification for port users. Additional permitting is being requested for regasification to the main pipeline of up to 300,000 mtpa. The quayside jetty is multiuser. HIGAS has a lease concession of 4 years and has applied for an additional 20 years. HIGAS will operate the terminal and the jetty for LNG transfers. The facility will be operational by Q3 2020. Their Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) partner is Gas&Heat.

Construction began in April 2018. Construction was completed in August 2020, with initial testing planned for September and deliveries of LNG expected to begin in early 2021. In February 2021, Higas awarded the Spanish company Reganosa the contract to operate and maintain the new terminal. In August 2021, the UK-based energy company Avenir LNG disclosed that the terminal had entered into operation.

Ownership

In March 2022, Avenir LNG became the sole owner of the LNG terminal after acquiring the shareholdings of minority partners CPL Concordia and Gas and Heat.

In October 2025, Snam said in a statement that it has signed an agreement with the shareholders of Higas to initiate a period of exclusive assessment and negotiation regarding the potential acquisition of 100% of the company’s share capital, as well as the expansion and conversion of the current coastal storage facility into an FSRU-based facility.

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